Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare hospital is taking over essential operations at The Village at St. Clair long-term care home in Windsor, which is experiencing the region's largest COVID-19 outbreak. As of Thursday, the health unit is reporting 164 cases — 97 residents and 67 staff members, with 12 residents having died from the disease. Meanwhile, in addition to leadership and infection control education, the hospital will be taking responsibility for:Enhanced oversight related to communications. Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital was partnered with the home at the start of the pandemic to provide support when needed and since the outbreak began it supplied eight team members to help out. Now, 10 team members are on site, with some planned to be there for the next two weeks, Kaffer said.

Source: CBC News December 24, 2020 17:08 UTC