Current Status

Current Status of “COVID+ CONFIRMED” cases at Baycrest

Fall/Winter 2021

In response to the climbing community spread of COVID-19 and in recognition of the COVID-19 cases in different units within the Apotex, Jewish Home for the Aged, Baycrest has declared an outbreak building-wide to allow our staff to apply preventative outbreak control measures across the all floors and units even when there are no active cases on a particular unit.

Patients and residents

• 48 Residents from Apotex, JHA, of whom:
  • 28 are currently active [2EI (1), 3EI (4), 3GS (3), 4RF (1), 4EI (4), 4GS (1), 5EI (7), 5GS (3), 5RF (3), 6RF (1)]
  • 6 have passed away [2GS (1), 4RF (1), 5EI (3), 7EI (1)]
  • 14 have a resolved*** COVID+ diagnosis [3EI (6), 3GS (1), 4RF (3), 5RF (2), 7EI (1), 7RF (1)]
• 9 Residents from Terraces
  • 2 are currently active
  • 1 has passed away
  • 6 have a resolved*** COVID+ diagnosis
• 18 Patients from Hospital
  • 6 are currently active [5E (1), 7E (3), 7W (2)]
  • 1 has passed away (non-COVID related causes) ⁺ [6E (1)]
  • 11 have a resolved*** COVID+ diagnosis [4E (1), 6E (5), 6W (1), 7E (3), 7W (1)

NOTE: The resident case previously reported at the Terraces on Sept. 18 has since been determined to have been a false positive and has been removed from the COVID+ Confirmed Cases

⁺ information reported on Jan 5 has been corrected. 

Staff**

• 40 team members from Apotex
  • 15 are currently active
  • 25 have a resolved*** COVID+ diagnosis
• 28 team members from the Hospital
  • 9 are currently active
  • 19 have a resolved*** COVID+ diagnosis
• 4 team members from Environmental Services
  • 1 is currently active
  • 3 have a resolved*** COVID+ diagnosis
• 6 team members from Food Services
  • 6 have a resolved*** COVID+ diagnosis
• 3 team member from Security
  • 2 are currently active
  • 1 has a resolved*** COVID+ diagnosis
• 4 team members from Corporate Services (Finance and E-Health)
  • 1 is currently active
  • 3 have a resolved*** COVID+ diagnosis
• 9 team members (third-party contractor) from The Terraces
  • 3 are currently active
  • 6 have a resolved*** COVID+ diagnosis
• 1 team member from Research
  • 1 is currently active

** Staff who are confirmed COVID+ are self-isolating in their own homes.

***Resolved: Based on the time-based approach that is supported by laboratory and epidemiologic studies, which indicate that cases stop being infectious after a certain period of time. For those with mild to moderate illness, this period is 10 days from symptom onset (or specimen collection date in asymptomatic cases). For those with severe illness (for example, requiring ICU level of care), the period is 20 days.

Once the appropriate period of time has passed, isolation is discontinued for client cases and staff can return to work once they have been symptom free for 24 hours.

Please note the Current Status page is updated with any new information once every 24 hours.

Spring/Summer 2020

• March 19 - September 17

  Patients and residents

  8 total

  – no active cases at Baycrest Hospital since June 3 – no active cases at Apotex, JHA since July 12

   

  • 6 residents from Apotex, JHA, of whom:
    • 4 have a resolved* COVID+ diagnosis
    • 2 have passed away
  • 2 patients from Baycrest Hospital, of whom:
    • 2 have a resolved* COVID+ diagnosis 

   

  Staff**

  21 total - no active staff cases August 4 - September 21

   

  • 11 team members from Apotex, JHA, of whom:
    • 11 have a resolved* COVID+ diagnosis
  • 6 team members from the Hospital, of whom:
    • 6 have a resolved* COVID+ diagnosis
  • 1 team member from Food Services, who:
    • has a resolved* COVID+ diagnosis
  • 1 team member (third-party contractor) from Apotex
    • has a resolved* COVID+ diagnosis
  • 1 team member (third-party contractor) from Security who:
    • has a resolved* COVID+ diagnosis
  • 1 team member (third-party contractor) from The Terraces, who:
    • has a resolved* COVID+ diagnosis

  
  * Resolved: Previously lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 that are afebrile (no fever) and had two consecutive negative tests (swabs) obtained at least 24 hours apart.
  
  ** Staff who are confirmed COVID+ are self-isolating in their own homes.