THUNDER BAY – With 10 COVID-19 patients in hospital and three in the intensive care unit, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre on Monday reopened its dedicated COVID-19 isolation unit.
The unit was opened early on in the pandemic, and closed in July, never once reaching capacity.
The newly opened unit includes 13 beds on 3A.
In a release, the hospital says it opens the dedicated unit anytime there are more COVID-19 infected cases than available isolation spaces, in an effort to protect the safety of staff.
Patients who are confirmed to have COVID-19, or suspected of having it, will be cared for at the COVID-19 unit.
