Category: Grey/Bruce

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 […]