{"id":13351,"date":"2020-04-29T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=13351"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:53:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T18:53:36","slug":"local-covid-19-cases-recoveries-edge-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/local-covid-19-cases-recoveries-edge-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Local COVID-19 cases, recoveries edge higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<article id=\"post-2116050\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u00a9 Can Stock Photo \/ remains\" height=\"400\"  src=\"https:\/\/blackburnnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canstockphoto79349726-1-579x400.jpg\"  width=\"579\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a9 Can Stock Photo \/ remains<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>By <a href=\"https:\/\/blackburnnews.com\/author\/schaves\/\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Posts by Stephanie Chaves\">Stephanie Chaves<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n                    <span>April 29, 2020 7:39am<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are three more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sarnia-Lambton, while three more people have recovered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lambtonpublichealth.ca\/2019-novel-coronavirus\/#situation\">Lambton Public Health<\/a> reported Tuesday night, that there are currently 181 cases locally and that 87 people have recovered from the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll has remained at 14 since April 20.<\/p>\n<p>The health unit said 1,968 tests results have come back and that 91 percent of them have been negative.<\/p>\n<p>There are three outbreaks in seniors\u2019 facilities in Sarnia. The latest was declared on Monday at Sumac Lodge. <\/p>\n<p>Medical Officer of Health Doctor Sudit Ranade told Sue Storr on CHOK (103.9 FM, 1070 AM) that infection control measures were already in place at the Blackwell Road home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s visitor restrictions, staff restrictions, and then the other basic things are to make sure that the home is following really good infection prevention\/control practices,\u201d said Ranade.  \u201cSometimes those change based on the nature of the disease that\u2019s circulating through the home, but there are some basic principles and then some additional things. And then the other piece is to have sort of that active awareness level in the facility and make sure you\u2019re looking for people who might have symptoms, recording them, getting them tested or treated as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other institutional outbreaks are at Landmark Village, and Vision Nursing Home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluewaterhealth.ca\/covid-19-information\">Bluewater Health<\/a> reported Wednesday that 11 people are in hospital with the virus, while 13 are suspected of having it with tests pending.<\/p>\n<p><em>-With files from Sue Storr<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-pin-description=\"Local COVID-19 cases, recoveries edge higher\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/blackburnnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canstockphoto79349726-1.jpg\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/blackburnnews.com\/sarnia\/sarnia-news\/2020\/04\/29\/local-covid-19-cases-recoveries-edge-higher\/\" src=\"https:\/\/blackburnnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/canstockphoto79349726-1.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blackburnnews.com\/sarnia\/sarnia-news\/2020\/04\/29\/local-covid-19-cases-recoveries-edge-higher\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Can Stock Photo \/ remains By Stephanie Chaves April 29, 2020 7:39am There are three more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sarnia-Lambton, while three more people have recovered. Lambton Public Health reported Tuesday night, that there are currently 181 cases locally and that 87 people have recovered from the virus. 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