COVID-19: London and Middlesex adds 12 new cases, 16 recoveries Saturday – London
Bounce to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Colleges – Vaccinations and testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton
The Middlesex-London Well being Unit (MLHU) reported 12 COVID-19 circumstances and 16 recoveries on Saturday.
Of that, there are 98 energetic circumstances (a lower of 4), 14,545 circumstances in whole, 14,201 recoveries in whole and 246 deaths.
The newest demise, reported Nov. 2, concerned a lady in her 70s not related to a long-term care or retirement residence. Primarily based on the MLHU’s information on deaths throughout the previous six weeks, she was unvaccinated.
Of the 98 energetic circumstances, 33 contain youngsters aged 11 or below, a cohort that’s not but eligible for vaccination.
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Info on native variant of concern information could be discovered by visiting the well being unit’s abstract of COVID-19 circumstances in Middlesex-London web page and clicking on the “Case Standing” tab.
Hospitalizations
London Well being Sciences Centre (LHSC) doesn’t replace COVID-19 info on the weekend.
As of Friday, LHSC was caring for 5 or fewer inpatients with COVID-19.
There have been 5 or fewer inpatients in grownup important care or the intensive care unit.
There have been zero inpatients with COVID-19 in Kids’s Hospital and, because of this, zero in pediatric important care.
5 or fewer workers have at the moment examined constructive for COVID-19.
St. Joseph’s Well being Care London (SJHCL) reported two non-outbreak circumstances involving health-care employees.
Outbreaks
The MLHU is just not reporting any energetic outbreaks within the area involving long-term care houses, retirement houses or hospitals.
The well being unit is reporting an outbreak at Wilberforce Public College, declared Oct. 28. The Lucan faculty has been closed to in-person studying since Nov. 1 however the Thames Valley District College Board reaffirmed on Friday that it is going to be reopening on Monday, Nov. 8.
There’s additionally an outbreak at Waddling Duck Daycare, declared Oct. 30, involving one energetic case.
Colleges
The next colleges have energetic circumstances related to them, in keeping with the MLHU:
- Byron Somerset Public College (one case)
- École élémentaire catholique Frère André (one case)
- Saunders Secondary College (one case)
- St. Nicholas Senior Catholic College (two circumstances)
- Valleyview Central Public College (one case)
- W. Sherwood Fox Public College (one case)
- Wilberforce Public College (10 circumstances)
As beforehand talked about, there may be one case at Waddling Duck Daycare, the place an outbreak has been declared.
The well being unit says no less than 204 circumstances have been reported for the reason that begin of the college yr involving elementary and secondary colleges, in addition to child-care and early years centres.
Vaccinations and testing
The newest COVID-19 replace was launched Oct. 30.
As of finish of day Oct. 30, 89.2 per cent of eligible residents (12 and older) have had no less than one dose of COVID-19 vaccine whereas 85.6 per cent are totally immunized.
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Since Sept. 23, unvaccinated people have accounted for 59.04 per cent of all circumstances (or 320 of 542 circumstances) and 72.22 per cent of all hospitalizations (13 of 18).
The remainder of the circumstances and hospitalizations concerned people who have been totally vaccinated, partially vaccinated or not but protected by vaccination.
Of the eight COVID-19-related deaths reported within the final six weeks, 4 concerned individuals who have been unvaccinated, two concerned people who have been totally vaccinated and two concerned individuals who have been partially vaccinated.
On the well being unit’s web site, residents can discover info on pop-up clinics, mass vaccination clinics and pharmacies; steerage for anybody vaccinated outdoors of the province or nation; transportation help for these in want; and extra.
Anybody seeking to be examined for COVID-19 can discover details about the areas of testing websites on the well being unit’s web site.
The newest COVID-19 check positivity price within the area was 1.6 per cent for the week of Oct. 24, down from 1.8 per cent for the week of Oct. 17.
Ontario
Ontario reported 508 new circumstances of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the full case rely within the province to 602,595.
That is the second day in a row the place circumstances have been reported above 500.
Ontario’s COVID-19 demise toll stays unchanged at 9,896.
Three new COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed, however officers stated that three different deaths have been faraway from the full after information cleansing.
The province’s seven-day common stands at roughly 426, up from 349 final week.
Elgin and Oxford
Southwestern Public Well being (SWPH) doesn’t replace COVID-19 information over the weekend.
On Friday, SWPH reported:
- 4,779 whole circumstances
- 121 energetic circumstances
- 4,564 resolved circumstances
- 94 deaths to this point
Additional particulars could be discovered on SWPH’s COVID-19 dashboard.
The latest demise was reported Wednesday and concerned a lady in her 70s from Elgin County. It was the third demise reported this week.
Of the 121 energetic circumstances within the area, 63 have been in Elgin County (together with 33 in Aylmer) and 58 have been in Oxford County (together with 27 in Woodstock).
13 folks have been hospitalized with COVID-19 with 4 within the ICU as of Friday. There have been no energetic institutional outbreaks.
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Info on faculty circumstances could be discovered on the web sites of the Thames Valley District College Board and the London District Catholic College Board.
The area’s check positivity price was 3.6 per cent for the week of Oct. 24, up from an adjusted 3.9 per cent for the week of Oct. 17.
On Nov. 4, 83.5 per cent of these aged 12 and older within the area have been totally vaccinated whereas 86.7 per cent have had no less than one dose.
Info on the place and how one can get vaccinated could be discovered on the well being unit’s web site.
Huron and Perth
Huron Perth Public Well being (HPPH) doesn’t replace COVID-19 information over the weekend.
On Friday, HPPH reported:
- 2,367 whole circumstances
- 42 energetic circumstances
- 2,258 recoveries
- 67 deaths to this point
Among the many 42 energetic circumstances, 19 have been in Perth East and 6 have been in Stratford. Full case counts by municipality could be discovered on the well being unit’s dashboard.
There have been three folks hospitalized with COVID-19 and no energetic circumstances involving health-care employees, as of Friday.
HPPH reported three outbreaks, although there have been no long-term care residence, retirement residence or hospital outbreaks as of Wednesday.
An outbreak at Milverton Public College in Perth East was declared Oct. 27 and entails one workers case and 16 scholar circumstances.
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A previously-reported outbreak at Huron Christian College in Clinton, declared Oct. 8 and involving seven scholar circumstances, is now over.
The opposite two outbreaks contain workplaces. No additional info was offered.
Information on faculty circumstances could be discovered on the web sites of the Avon-Maitland District College Board and the Huron-Perth Catholic District College Board.
The area’s check positivity price was 2.3 per cent for the week of Oct. 24, up from 1.2 per cent for the week of Oct. 17.
HPPH’s vaccine dashboard confirmed that as of Nov. 1, 81.6 per cent of these aged 12 and older have been totally vaccinated whereas 85.0 per cent have had no less than one dose.
Info on how and the place to get a vaccine could be discovered on the well being unit’s web site.
Sarnia and Lambton
On Saturday, Lambton Public Well being (LPH) reported:
- 4,228 whole circumstances (a rise of 10)
- 50 energetic circumstances (a rise of three)
- 4,107 resolved circumstances (a rise of seven)
- 71 deaths to this point (unchanged)
The latest demise was reported Oct. 28 and concerned somebody who was of their 90s.
LPH doesn’t replace particular COVID-19 information over the weekend.
4 COVID-19 sufferers have been within the care of Bluewater Well being as of Friday.
LPH reported 4 energetic outbreaks in whole.
Two contain colleges:
- Brigden Public College, declared Nov. 4 and involving fewer than 5 circumstances
- Queen Elizabeth II Public College in Petrolia, declared Oct. 22 and involving fewer than 5 circumstances
There have been additionally two energetic office outbreaks, declared Oct. 29 and Oct. 31, involving two and three circumstances respectively.
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All energetic circumstances at colleges throughout the Lambton Kent District College Board could be discovered on-line, as can circumstances at colleges throughout the St. Clair Catholic District College Board.
The check positivity price for the week of Oct. 24 was 2.5 per cent, down from 3.8 per cent the week prior.
Amongst space residents aged 12 and older, 80.4 per cent are totally vaccinated and 83.7 per cent have had no less than one dose.
Residents can e book and re-book COVID-19 vaccine appointments or discover info on vaccine availability at pharmacies utilizing the well being unit’s registration web page. Folks may name the vaccine name centre at 226-254-8222.
Those that are in a position to get vaccinated on quick discover are inspired to enroll in Lambton Public Well being’s day by day Vaccine Standby Record.
—With recordsdata from International Information’ Jacquelyn LeBel and Kabi Moulitharan
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