Tag: Middlesex-London Health Unit
Another person dies amid London Legionnaires’ disease outbreak
A third person has died in connection with the ongoing Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in London and surrounding Middlesex County, according to just-updated figures from local public health officials. The death, reported Tuesday, is the first since July 15 and brings the total number of fatalities linked to the outbreak to three. The Middlesex-London health unit […]
Legionnaires’ cases touch 70 in London as hospital testing continues
The case count has increased by one from the previous week, according to an update by the Middlesex-London Health Unit.
Legionnaires’ bacteria found at London’s Victoria Hospital amid outbreak
The London Health Sciences Centre emphasized that this positive test does not mean Victoria Hospital is the source of the outbreak.
Another person dies in legionnaires’ disease outbreak in London
A second person has died in London’s legionnaires’ disease outbreak, the Middlesex-London Health Unit said Monday. Most of the cases are linked to a six-kilometre radius in the city’s southeast, the health unit said in an update. The patients range in age from 23 to 93. Of the 66 confirmed cases, 43 are male and […]
First the heat, now wildfire smoke: London under dual warnings
London is under dual warnings from Environment Canada as a stretch of extreme heat and deteriorating air quality grips southern Ontario