Life Treatment Centre of Kona employee tests constructive for COVID-19

A Lifetime Care Heart of Kona staff continues to be in isolation immediately after tests constructive for COVID-19.

The workers member last worked at the Keauhou treatment facility on Nov. 11 and remained in isolation, in accordance to the early Tuesday update posted to the center’s site.

“They were being out of the developing for about a week right before they examined constructive,” Sarah Chase, director of nursing, mentioned Wednesday.

All residents were being analyzed on Nov. 16 and Nov. 18 as part of the facility’s program screening plan that follows Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services suggestions. All of the checks returned detrimental.

Inhabitants and personnel were re-tested Nov. 27 to assure no spread of the virus upon the advice of the state Department of Health.

“We are happy to report that all results are damaging,” Existence Treatment Middle of Kona explained in the update.

Chase reported that Daily life Care Center of Kona has been caring for about 70 to 75 clients in the facility amid the pandemic.

“Our initial priority at Lifetime Care of Kona is constantly the protection and care of our citizens and personnel. We want to thank all workers at Lifestyle Treatment for their ongoing determination throughout the battle against COVID-19,” the Tuesday update reads. “Although this battle has been ongoing for virtually nine months, our crew proceeds to offer excellent treatment to our citizens and has absent above and beyond to keep them satisfied, healthy and safe.

“With the vacations on us, now is not the time to allow our guard down. We must stay robust and proceed all COVID-19 precautions and just take treatment of just about every other,” the update ongoing.

The employee who analyzed positive has been the lone case associated with the Keauhou facility to date.

The news of a beneficial COVID-19 scenario related with a care facility in West Hawaii follows individual outbreaks of COVID-19 at the Lifetime Care Heart of Hilo and Yukio Okutsu Point out Veterans Home in Hilo.

Fifty-5 Existence Treatment Center of Hilo residents and 17 workers ended up diagnosed with the coronavirus after an employee examined positive in early September. 10 residents died from the virus throughout the outbreak. The facility declared it was COVID-free in early November.

At the veterans home, 71 people and 35 staff examined beneficial for the novel coronavirus. 20-7 citizens died.

As of the condition Section of Health’s most modern extended-expression care facility update issued Nov. 27, no Hawaii Island facilities experienced reported conditions in the earlier 14 times.

In the meantime Wednesday, just 1 new circumstance of COVID-19 was claimed on Hawaii Island, bringing the island’s whole situation count to 1,606.

The new Hawaii Island scenario was among 78 new conditions claimed across the condition by the Department of Health bringing the overall case tally to 18,004 considering the fact that Feb. 28. Oahu documented 63 new instances though Maui County documented four and Kauai a person. Nine citizens had been diagnosed outside the state.

Statewide, 54 persons were hospitalized Wednesday, such as just one Hawaii Island. Kona Local community Hospital documented it had no COVID-good sufferers in its facility as of 4 p.m. Wednesday.

No new coronavirus-connected deaths have been confirmed and described by the state Wednesday. Of the 244 coronavirus-similar deaths confirmed and claimed by the state to date, 190 were being on Oahu, 17 were being on Maui, 34 ended up on Hawaii Island and one on Kauai. Two deaths have been between inhabitants exterior the point out.

Hawaii County Civil Protection has documented a total of 49 coronavirus-related fatalities on Hawaii Island. The state has still to verify 15 of the fatalities claimed to date on Hawaii Island and has not responded to repeated requests for info on pending conditions.