A SECOND person being treated in hospital for coronavirus had previously been in isolation at home, Albury Wodonga Health says.
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The Twin Cities hospital administrator revealed on Thursday it was now treating two in-patients for COVID-19.
Albury Wodonga Health pandemic boss Sally Squire said the new patient "had previously been isolating at home with the ongoing support of their GP and a daily check-up with local health services".
Mrs Squire had previously said the patient already receiving treatment for COVID-19 in hospital was in a stable condition and improving.
But when asked on Thursday how both patients were faring, Mrs Squire said "we are unable to provide that information".
Nor are you able to know if those in hospital are young, old, male or female with Mrs Squire saying "for legal and ethical reasons previously outlined we cannot give any personal details of our patients".
Meanwhile, The Border Mail has been told there are concerns about the supply of face masks at Albury Wodonga Health.
One staff member was reportedly told to buy a painter's mask.
Asked whether that was correct, Mrs Squire did not answer the question.
She said Albury Wodonga Health was working with the Department of Health and Human Services to "ensure an appropriate supply".
"At this time we have an adequate supply of masks," Mrs Squire said.
Meanwhile, on Thursday the overall number of cases of COVID-19 in Albury-Wodonga remained unchanged with six in the former and one in the latter.
The only new case in North East Victoria to be added to the official record was in Benalla, where a single matter took the tally in the Rose City to three.
A case previously listed for Towong Shire has been removed and added to the existing one in the neighbouring Snowy Valleys Shire.
The person had been tested at Corryong but lives north of the Murray River.
Overall, the Murrumbidgee Local Health District now has 40 cases with two new matters in Hilltops Council, which covers Young, and a further diagnosis in Berrigan Shire to bring its total to three.
Elsewhere in The Border Mail's footprint, Federation and Moira shires have seven each, Greater Hume two, Wangaratta one and Indigo and Alpine remain coronavirus-free.
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