Category: Grey/Bruce

Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 10 residents are hospitalized due to COVID-19, one of whom is being treated outside Grey-Bruce. That’s three fewer in hospital than was reported Friday. There are now five long-term care or retirement homes with outbreaks, one fewer than Friday. Local COVID deaths remain at 41. The now-abbreviated daily health unit […]

Anticipating Family Day gatherings this long weekend, the Grey-Bruce medical officer of health is asking people not to let their guard down just yet. Dr. Ian Arra noted the provincial government’s accelerated easing of public health precautions took effect Thursday and people are “itching to gather this weekend and get back to normal.” In a […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit said Wednesday its daily situation reports will soon be modified to “further reflect changes earlier this year to testing protocols as well as the status of the pandemic locally”. “Communicating the positive trends at this stage of transitioning from pandemic to endemic phase is an important part of managing risk […]

A COVID-19 outbreak at Rockwood Terrace long-term care home in Durham declared just before Christmas is now over. The Grey Bruce Health Unit declared the outbreak over on Friday. It was first declared on Dec. 23. Three local long-term care and retirement homes remain with ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks. They are Kelso Pines in Owen Sound, […]

Local health board chair Sue Paterson said the health unit is preparing to resume normal operations as part of post-pandemic recovery this year. The mayor of Hanover was returned by acclamation as chair for a second term at the Feb. 4 Grey Bruce Health Unit board of health meeting. She looked ahead in an interview […]

Two more local people have died due to COVID-19. The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported one death Saturday and another Monday. The local toll stands at 36 since the start of the pandemic about two years ago. At total of 12 local patients are hospitalized due to COVID: Nine in a local hospital  and three […]

Another Grey-Bruce resident has died with COVID-19 according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit. The health unit’s Saturday situation report listed the new death. There are now 35 reported local deaths since the start of the pandemic including nine residents who died outside of the region. Meanwhile, a COVID-19 outbreak at Parkview Manor in Chesley […]

Two vaccination clinics specifically for children five to 11 will operate this weekend at East Ridge Community School in Owen Sound. The clinics are scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. No appointments are necessary. According to statistics posted on the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s website, 56 per […]

COVID-19 vaccination clinics are scheduled for the Keady Community Centre and Walkerton Community Centre on Thursday. Both clinics will operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointments are required for either clinic. First or second doses are available for children ages five to 17 while those 18 and older can receive a first, second […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit will operate a vaccine clinic at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday as it continues to target areas of the region with low vaccination coverage. On Tuesday, the health unit offered vaccines in Durham, and on Thursday, clinics will be held in Keady at the […]