Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Covid-19 outbreak over at CMHC

Residents out of isolation

An outbreak of COVID-19 at Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley has been quelled.

According to interim CMHC Director Lisa Lowe, no residents were testing positive for the virus as of Tuesday morning. The facility experienced its first outbreak of the pandemic last month when five residents became infected. Outbreaks at longterm care facilities are only declared when three or more residents test positive for COVID-19.

"We have been doing regular testing," Lowe said. "We have completed over four rounds of routine testing and we have no residents testing positive. We have transferred all o...