IA
Employees at Cedar Rapids nursing home test positive for novel coronavirus
Two individuals, who tested positive Monday, have not been in building since Friday, officials say
CEDAR RAPIDS — Two employees at a Cedar Rapids-based nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19.
Heritage Specialty Care confirmed to The Gazette that two of its employees tested positive on Tuesday for the novel coronavirus, prompting officials to notify the Iowa Department of Public Health and begin the process of alerting families of residents and staff.
The workers, who were not identified, had not been at the facility since at least Friday and had not been feeling symptoms while at work, said a spokesman for West Des Moines-based Care Initiatives, which owns Heritage Specialty Care.
Officials could not say whether these employees are involved with direct patient care.
“Our main goal all along has been to try to maintain health and well-being of our residents and staff,” spokesman Jason Bridie said. “We better than anyone understand the vulnerabilities of the patient population we serve. We’ve been doing everything we can to limit the exposure of the COVID-19 virus and we’ll continue to do that.”
OH
704 Confirmed Cases in Ohio *
75 Number of ICU admissions
182 Number of Hospitalizations in Ohio
10 Number of Deaths **
<1–94 Age Range
51 Median Age
53% Sex - Males
47% Sex - Females
Last Updated: 03/25/20 (Updated daily at 2 p.m.)
* Number of counties with cases: 55 – Ashland (1), Ashtabula (3), Belmont (3), Butler (18), Carroll (3), Champaign (1), Clark (2), Clermont (5), Clinton (2), Columbiana (4), Coshocton (4), Crawford (1), Cuyahoga (206), Darke (1), Defiance (2), Delaware (12), Erie (2), Fairfield (5), Fayette (1), Franklin (88), Gallia (1), Geauga (4), Greene (3), Hamilton (48), Hancock (1), Highland (1), Huron (2), Knox (2), Lake (14), Lawrence (1), Licking (3), Logan (2), Lorain (37), Lucas (23), Madison (2), Mahoning (42), Marion (4), Medina (22), Mercer (1), Miami (19), Montgomery (14), Pickaway (1), Portage (4), Richland (4), Sandusky (1), Seneca (1), Stark (12), Summit (43), Trumbull (9), Tuscarawas (3), Union (3), Warren (8), Washington (1), Wayne (1), Wood (3)
** Number of deaths: 10 – Cuyahoga (2), Erie (1), Franklin (2), Gallia (1), Lucas (1), Miami (1), Stark (2)
https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/