Conagra in Dresden will be sold or close by 2027
Four more COVID-19 cases in Lambton
August 14, 2020
There have been four more people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Lambton.
Lambton Public Health announced the new cases Thursday.
There are now 331 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Lambton – 13 people are ill right now.
There is one workplace outbreak being investigated. Lambton Public Health now says four people were infected in the unnamed workplace, not five as first originally reported.
Across the province there were 92 new cases of COVID-19. Only one resident of long term care and six health care worker there have tested positive.
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