OTTAWA -- The City of Ottawa's Peter D. Clark long-term care home has been placed on a facility-wide outbreak due to a case of COVID-19.
In a memo to Council, Community and Social Services General Manager Donna Gray says a staff member at the long-term care home has tested positive for COVID-19.
The new case comes a week after a COVID-19 outbreak was declared over at the home.
Ottawa Public Health had declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Peter D. Clark home over on Sept. 26. One staff member had tested positive.
A COVID-19 outbreak at the home between April 28 and July 4 saw 24 residents and 21 staff members test positive for COVID-19. Eight residents died due to COVID-19.
COVID-19 outbreaks have also been declared at the Centre d'accueil Champlain and Garry J. Armstrong homes.