STEPHEN RICCIO
PONTIAC Sept. 30, 2020
The Fort Coulonge/Mansfield et Pontefract resident that self-reported her positive COVID-19 test on Sept. 18 has confirmed through Facebook that her husband and daughter have both tested negative for the virus, according to MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller.
The resident, who works for CISSSO, stated . . .
in the Sept. 18 post that she believed that she contracted the virus while working in a “hot zone.”
Toller commended the resident’s courage in speaking out right away, adding that she did not believe that it was helpful to use the person’s name.
“I use her as an example of what everyone in the Pontiac should do,” she said. “If anyone is tested and is positive, they really owe it to everyone else to let them know. This is the only way we will keep control and [make] sure that it doesn’t spread.”
As of Monday afternoon, RLS Pontiac, the area including MRC Pontiac and the Municipality of Pontiac (MoP), had nine active cases.
CISSSO, the local health authority, recently updated their online case breakdown and the MoP, Fort Coulonge and Mansfield et Pontefract were all listed as having five or less cases.
As of Monday, the Outaouais had 167 active cases (1,292 total, with 1,091 recovered) and four hospitalizations.
The number of active cases increased by 14, going from 153 last week to 167.
