The number of workers at Guelph General Hospital with COVID-19 is continuing to grow.

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health says the number of hospital staff confirmed to have the coronavirus is now up to 24.

Public Health first announced March 24 that two workers at the hospital had been diagnosed, with two more confirmed on March 26. At that time, the hospital and Public Health declared that an outbreak had occurred in the facility’s acute medical wing, on the fourth floor.

“When we started investigating this outbreak, we said right from the beginning that we were expecting there to be further positive cases,” Dr. Nicola Mercer, the medical officer of health for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, told the Mercury Tribune Friday.