Bounce to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Faculties – Vaccinations and testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton
The Middlesex-London Well being Unit (MLHU) reported 19 new COVID-19 circumstances on Sunday.
In whole, there have been 14,401 circumstances, of which 127 are lively (a rise of eight), 14,029 are recovered (a rise of 11) and 245 folks have died.
The newest demise was reported Oct. 21 and concerned a person in his 70s who was not related to a long-term care or retirement house. Medical officer of well being Dr. Chris Mackie stated Thursday that whereas the person was absolutely vaccinated, he was eligible for a 3rd dose due to a suppressed immune system.
The MLHU dashboard is now not together with the entire variety of confirmed variant of concern circumstances on the prime of its dashboard, nevertheless, it’s nonetheless itemizing the breakdown of confirmed variant of concern circumstances:
- 3,385 circumstances of the Alpha variant
- 779 circumstances of the Delta variant
- 124 circumstances of the Gamma variant
- two circumstances of the Beta variant
- one case of the Kappa variant
- one case of the Zeta variant
There are additionally two circumstances listed utilizing the previous code numbers, one described as B.1.617 and one other listed as B.1.617.3.
Additional info could be discovered on the well being unit’s abstract of COVID-19 circumstances in Middlesex-London.
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Hospitalizations
London Well being Sciences Centre (LHSC) doesn’t replace COVID-19 information over the weekend.
On Friday, LHSC was caring for six inpatients with COVID-19.
There have been 5 or fewer inpatients in grownup vital care or the intensive care unit.
There have been 5 or fewer inpatients with COVID-19 in Youngsters’s Hospital with 5 or fewer in pediatric vital care.
5 or fewer workers have at the moment examined optimistic for COVID-19.
St. Joseph’s Well being Care London (SJHCL) reported one non-outbreak case involving a health-care employee.
Outbreaks
The MLHU isn’t reporting any lively outbreaks within the area involving long-term care properties, retirement properties or hospitals.
There’s one lively college outbreak at Our Woman of the Pillar Academy, declared Oct. 18.
Faculties
The next colleges have circumstances related to them, based on the MLHU:
- Byron Southwood Public Faculty (one case)
- Caradoc Public Faculty (one case)
- Clara Brenton Public Faculty (one case)
- Clarke Highway Secondary Faculty (two circumstances)
- Covenant Christian Faculty (two circumstances)
- John P. Robarts Public Faculty (one case)
- Kensal Park Public Faculty (one case)
- Lester B. Pearson Faculty for the Arts (one case)
- Mary Wright Public Faculty (one case)
- Masonville Public Faculty (one case)
- Mountsfield Public Faculty (one case)
- Our Woman of Lourdes Catholic Faculty (one case)
- Our Woman of the Pillar Academy (six circumstances)
- Windfall Reformed Collegiate (one case)
- Rick Hansen Public Faculty (two circumstances)
- St. Nicholas Senior Catholic Faculty (one case)
- St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Faculty (one case)
There are 5 lively COVID-19 circumstances related to child-care or early years centres:
- Kidventures (one case)
- London Youngsters’s Connection: Caradoc – Earlier than and After Faculty (one case)
- Noshin’s Youngsters Care (three circumstances)
The well being unit stated at the least 158 circumstances have been reported because the begin of the varsity yr involving elementary and secondary colleges, in addition to child-care and early years centres.
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Vaccinations and testing
The newest vaccination replace says as of Oct. 16, 84.1 per cent of residents aged 12 and older are absolutely vaccinated and 88.3 per cent have had one dose.
Since Sept. 11, unvaccinated people have accounted for 62.6 per cent of all circumstances (or 415 of 663 circumstances) and 67.9 per cent of all hospitalizations (19 of 28).
In the meantime, 28.5 per cent of all circumstances (or 189 of 663 circumstances) concerned those that had been absolutely vaccinated whereas 25 per cent of all hospitalizations (seven of 28) concerned people who had been absolutely vaccinated.
Medical officer of well being Dr. Chris Mackie has famous that the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants is vaccinated. Whereas unvaccinated people account for practically two-thirds of all circumstances, they make up lower than 16 per cent of the inhabitants aged 12 and older.
The remainder of the circumstances concerned people who had been partially vaccinated or not but protected by vaccination.
Of the 9 COVID-19-related deaths reported within the final six weeks, 4 concerned individuals who had been unvaccinated, two concerned people who had been absolutely vaccinated, two concerned individuals who had been partially vaccinated and one concerned somebody who was not but protected by vaccination.
On the well being unit’s web site, residents can discover info on pop-up clinics, mass vaccination clinics and pharmacies; steering for anybody vaccinated outdoors of the province or nation; transportation assist for these in want; and extra.
Anybody trying 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 charge within the area was 1.1 per cent for the week of Oct. 10, down from 1.7 per cent for the week of Oct. 3.
Ontario
Ontario reported 370 COVID-19 circumstances on Sunday, bringing the entire variety of circumstances within the province to 597,515.
For comparability, final Sunday 443 circumstances had been reported, that means the seven-day common continues to drop. It stands at 379, down from Saturday when it was 389. Final Sunday, it was 428.
One further demise was additionally introduced on Oct. 24, bringing the provincial virus-related demise toll to 9,846.
A complete of 584,411 circumstances are thought of resolved, which is up by 480.
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The province indicated that the positivity charge for the final day was 1.2 per cent, which is down from Saturday’s report when it was 1.5 per cent, and down from final Sunday’s report, when it was 1.4 per cent.
As of 8 p.m. Saturday, 22,385,190 COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered in Ontario, marking a rise of 19,285. Of the newest pictures given, 6,471 had been first doses and 12,814 had been second doses.
In Ontario, practically 87.9 per cent of individuals aged 12-plus have acquired at the least one vaccine dose and greater than 83.8 per cent are absolutely vaccinated.
Elgin and Oxford
Southwestern Public Well being (SWPH) doesn’t replace circumstances on the weekend.
On Friday, SWPH reported 19 circumstances, whereas one case was eliminated by information cleansing:
- 4,569 whole circumstances (a rise of 18)
- 82 lively circumstances (a rise of three)
- 4,397 resolved circumstances (a rise of 15)
- 90 deaths to this point
- 1,409 variant of concern circumstances (a rise of 9, all Delta), with 774 Alpha, 581 Delta and 54 Beta or Gamma
Of the 82 lively circumstances within the area, 26 had been in Elgin County (together with 10 in Aylmer and 7 in West Elgin) and 56 had been in Oxford County (together with 17 in Woodstock, 13 in Norwich Township, 12 in Tillsonburg and 7 in Ingersoll).
The newest demise was reported Oct. 19, involving a girl in her 80s from Elgin County.
4 persons are hospitalized with COVID-19 with two circumstances within the ICU, unchanged from Wednesday.
There aren’t any lively institutional outbreaks as of Friday.
Data on college circumstances could be discovered on the web sites of the Thames Valley District Faculty Board and the London District Catholic Faculty Board.
The area’s check positivity charge was 3.4 per cent for the week of Oct. 10, up from 2.9 per cent for the week of Oct. 3.
On Oct. 19, 82.5 per cent of these aged 12 and older within the area had been absolutely vaccinated whereas 86.4 per cent have had at the least one dose. Nonetheless, the well being unit supplied decrease figures on Friday.
As of Oct. 21, the well being unit says 82.2 per cent had been absolutely vaccinated and 86.0 per cent had at the least one dose.
Data on the place and the right way to get vaccinated could be discovered on the well being unit’s web site.
Huron and Perth
Huron Perth Public Well being (HPP) doesn’t replace circumstances on the weekend.
On Friday, HPPH reported:
- 2,294 whole circumstances (a rise of two)
- 15 lively circumstances (a lower of 4)
- 2,212 recoveries (a rise of 5)
- 66 deaths to this point (unchanged)
Among the many 15 lively circumstances, 4 had been in Perth East and three every in Stratford and North Perth. Full case counts by municipality could be discovered on the well being unit’s dashboard.
There was one affected person hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Wednesday and there’s one lively case involving a health-care employee.
HPPH reported 4 outbreaks, although there have been no long-term care house, retirement house or hospital outbreaks as of Friday.
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Two of the outbreaks concerned colleges:
- Huron Christian Faculty in Clinton, declared Oct. 8 and involving six scholar circumstances
- Stratford District Christian Faculty in Stratford, declared Oct. 8 and involving two college students
The opposite outbreaks had been listed as a neighborhood outbreak and a office outbreak. A beforehand reported congregate dwelling setting outbreak has since been declared over. No additional particulars had been supplied.
Information on college circumstances could be discovered on the web sites of the Avon-Maitland District Faculty Board and the Huron-Perth Catholic District Faculty Board.
The area’s check positivity charge was 2.3 per cent for the week of Oct. 3, down from 2.6 per cent the week of Sept. 26. The info for the week of Oct. 10 has not but been supplied.
HPPH’s vaccine dashboard confirmed that as of Oct. 18, 80.3 per cent of these aged 12 and older had been absolutely vaccinated whereas 84.4 per cent have had at the least one dose.
Data on how and the place to get a vaccine could be discovered on the well being unit’s web site.
Sarnia and Lambton
On Sunday, Lambton Public Well being (LPH) reported:
- 4,143 whole circumstances (a rise of three)
- 86 lively circumstances (a lower of 17)
- 3,987 resolved circumstances (a rise of 20)
- 70 deaths to this point (unchanged)
LPH doesn’t replace particular COVID-19 information over the weekend.
On Friday, LPH reported a complete of 587 variant of concern circumstances. Of that, 439 have been Alpha, 130 have been Delta and 18 have been Gamma.
Seven COVID-19 sufferers had been within the care of Bluewater Well being as of Friday.
LPH reported an lively outbreak at one unidentified office, declared on Oct. 3 linked to 4 circumstances.
Three outbreaks linked to colleges had been lively, one at Confederation Central Public Faculty, declared Oct. 12, and linked to fewer than 5 circumstances. The 2 different lively outbreaks had been declared on Oct. 14 at Cathcart Boulevard Public Faculty and Gregory A. Hogan Catholic Faculty, each linked to fewer than 5 circumstances.
All lively circumstances at colleges throughout the Lambton Kent District Faculty Board could be discovered on-line, as can circumstances at colleges throughout the St. Clair Catholic District Faculty Board.
The check positivity charge for the week of Oct. 10 was 5.2 per cent, up from 3.6 per cent the week prior.
Amongst space residents aged 12 and older, 79.4 per cent are absolutely vaccinated and 83.0 per cent have had at the least one dose.
Residents can guide and re-book COVID-19 vaccine appointments or discover info on vaccine availability at pharmacies utilizing the well being unit’s registration web page. Individuals may also name the vaccine name centre at 226-254-8222.
Those that are in a position to get vaccinated on quick discover are inspired to join Lambton Public Well being’s each day Vaccine Standby Listing.
—With recordsdata from World Information’ Ryan Rocca, Jacquelyn LeBel and Sawyer Bogdan
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