Public Health officials are hopeful the COVID outbreak at St. Clare’s hospital in St. John’s is over.
Over the last month, several cases were identified in unit 6A at the hospital, leading to the testing of all patients and staff and the closure of a surgical unit.
Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, says it has been several days since they had a case related to that cluster.
A total of seven staff and six patients tested positive. Some secondary spread from those cases to other close contacts was also identified.
She hopes the worst of that outbreak is over.