A second positive case of COVID-19 was announced in Kawartha Lakes on Saturday.
The affected person is a woman in her 60s. She was seen at the Ross Memorial Hospital on Thursday, March 12 after presenting symptoms following a trip to Germany. The woman had travelled on Air Canada flight 877 from Frankfurt, Germany to Toronto on March 10, 2020.
The woman was discharged home and remains in self-isolation with follow up from the District Health Unit. Health Unit nurses have been in contact with the woman and are working with her to identify anyone she may have been in contact with while ill.
If anyone who travelled on Air Canada flight 877 on that date develops flu-like symptoms, they are asked to call their local public health unit.
The first case was announced on Friday in Northumberland County.
