Presbyterian Senior Care Records 2nd Coronavirus Case

Presbyterian SeniorCare Network verified today that there is one positive case among residents at Southminster Place, its personal care community on the Washington campus. This follows on the heels of its first positive case network-wide on April 4th, an employee from Southminster Place, who had not been to work since April 1^st.  The resident who tested positive has resided at Southminster Place for almost two years.  “Although we did not have any residents who had exhibited any COVID-19 related symptoms, we decided to err on the side of abundant caution and provide the opportunity for residents that were at Southminster Place to be tested,” said President and CEO Paul Winkler. “While even one positive resident case is one too many, we are grateful that it appears that the exposure has been limited at Southminster Place,” Winkler added.  Testing was arranged for 47 Southminster Place residents on Monday, April 6^th and results were made available today for 46 residents with one pending. Those results were negative. Testing also came back negative for the eight team members, who through contact tracing had been identified as having sustained exposure to the positive employee.