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No new COVID-19 patients in Lambton – 35 recovered

April 15, 2020

The latest statistics from Lambton Public Health show for the first time since March 25 – when the first people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus here – there are no new patients.

And public health officials say 35 people are recovered from the respiratory virus.

Of the 669 test results received by the public health – 82 per cent were negative. In all, 119 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

At 9:45am Wednesday, Bluewater Health shows there are 33 people still in the COVID-19 unit – nine people are still waiting for their test results but are presumed to have the virus.

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