Two workers at St. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph has tested positive for COVID-19.

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health confirmed that two workers at the institution – no additional details were given – have tested positive for the coronavirus.

According to an internal memo dated April 2 and shared with the Mercury Tribune, staff at St. Joseph’s were told that they had been notified by Public Health that day that a second employee had tested positive.

The memo does not give any details on which part of the centre the second employee worked, with staff advised to “please refrain from speculating about this person’s identity or where they might have acquired COVID-19.”

Public Health spokesperson Danny Williamson confirmed one of the diagnoses is being tracked locally, while the second is being tracked by another public health unit, as the employee does not live in WDG's jurisdiction.

St. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this story.

On March 23, St. Joseph’s Health Centre announced one of its patients, a man in his 80s, had tested positive for the coronavirus, marking Guelph’s first confirmed diagnosis.

At the time, Public Health said the facility has had visitor restrictions in place since March, “as per the recommendation from the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health.

"Any staff or residents who are symptomatic will be tested as will anyone who is deemed at risk because they came into close personal contact with the individual while providing care."

According numbers released by Public Health Friday morning, there are 65 confirmed diagnoses of the coronavirus between Guelph, Wellington County and Dufferin County. Nearly half of those cases, 30, are in Guelph.