Dorothy Henderson Lodge: Nine COVID-19 cases confirmed

A woman in her 90s, who is a resident at coronavirus hotbed Dorothy Henderson Lodge, has been taken to hospital with shortness of breath, while another two have been confirmed as having the disease.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 05: A general view of Dorothy Henderson Lodge in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park on March 05, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. NSW Health authorities have confirmed an aged care worker at the nursing home has been diagnosed with coronavirus. The woman had contact with 13 residents at the lodge, two who then subsequently reported respiratory symptoms. One of them, a 95-year-old woman, has since died. It is not known if that death was related to coronavirus. The care worked is the third person to be infected via human-to-human transmission in Australia, with all three cases in NSW. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

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Another elderly woman who is a resident at the aged care centre which has become a coronavirus hotbed has been hospitalised after suffering shortness of breath.

A view of Dorothy Henderson Lodge aged care facility in Ryde. Photo by Gaye Gerard

The woman resides at Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Macquarie Park, which has been linked to nine confirmed cases of COVID-19.

She was taken to Hornsby Hospital on Monday night, but has not tested positive to the coronavirus.

The Northern District Times understands she had been suffering with shortness of breath.

A masked service worker moves between buildings inside the Baptist Care Macquarie Park complex which contains the Dorothy Henderson Lodge, where cases of the COVID-19 have been detected. Picture: John Appleyard

Today two other confirmed cases linked to the lodge were revealed by NSW Health, including a woman in her 80s who was transferred from Dorothy Henderson Lodge to Ryde Hospital overnight and another woman in her 40s who is a family member of a patient who died at the Baptist Care nursing home after contracting COVID-19.

The seven other cases linked to the Sydney nursing home, that has been in lockdown since Wednesday, include three staff members and four residents, two of which have died.

A woman in her 20s who was in close contact with a previously confirmed case at Ryde Hospital also tested positive overnight.