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Public Health Investigating Potential 2nd COVID-19 Outbreak in St. Marys General

8 patients and staff members tested, waiting results

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St Marys General Hospital alongside Waterloo Public Health is investigating a potential 2nd outbreak of COVID-19 at the hospital.

The potential outbreak is occurring on the 7th floor medicine unit. This comes after a confirmed case from yesterday in a patient who may have gotten the virus during a previous stay at St. Marys.

Rapid testing is taking place on eight patients and staff and awaiting results before declaring an outbreak