Care home outbreak expands

The outbreak at the Soutbridge Roseview Manor in Thunder bay has expanded, to include 44 residents and 22 staff, with the death toll climbing to seven.

The outbreak was first declared on November 17.

Outbreaks at the John Owen Evans residence in Geraldton, involving one staff, the Walford, involving one staff and the 1A Oncology Unit of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre are still considered active.