2 more Toronto Public Health employees test positive for COVID-19
Posted April 10, 2020 2:38 pm.
Last Updated April 10, 2020 4:31 pm.
Two more Toronto Public Health (TPH) employees have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number to 12.
One of the new cases is linked to previous cases involving employees working at the Victoria Street offices. The second new case involves an employee working at Metro Hall.
The staff member from Metro Hall was sent home to self-isolate along with eight other employees that person had come into contact with at work. Those employees were not showing signs of COVID-19, according to TPH.
The two new cases within TPH’s ranks come as the city reported 1,891 cases of the illness in the city on Friday.
“Of the cases, 1,637 cases are confirmed and 254 are probable, 177 are in hospital with 79 in intensive care units,” the city said in a news release. “In Toronto, there have been 77 deaths to-date.”
