Fourth patient dies in COVID-19 outbreak at Foothills hospital
Posted Sep 27, 2020 8:25 am.
Last Updated Sep 27, 2020 3:46 pm.
CALGARY (660 NEWS) — The COVID-19 outbreak at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre has claimed a fourth life.
According to Alberta Health Services on Sunday, 12 more people have also tested positive and a total of 25 patients and 25 hospital staff are now infected.
Two additional units have also been put on an ‘outbreak watch,’ with one of them being the transitional medical unit.
As of Friday, 136 health workers were in self-isolation and three more units had been placed on ‘outbreak watch.’
AHS will be updating how many workers are in self-isolation twice a week.
To date, 262 Albertans have died of COVID-19 and more than 17,300 have tested positive.
