COVID-19 Middlesex-London reports 7 cases; Elgin and Oxford 18 cases, 1 death – London

Leap 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 seven COVID-19 instances on Tuesday.

The overall variety of instances now stands at 14,572, with 91 lively instances (a lower of 5), 14,235 recoveries (a rise of 12) and 246 complete deaths (unchanged).

The most recent dying, reported Nov. 2, concerned a lady in her 70s not related to a long-term care or retirement house. She was unvaccinated.

Of the 91 lively instances, 29 contain youngsters aged 11 or underneath, a cohort that’s not but eligible for vaccination. The best variety of instances is among the many 40-64 age group which makes up 31 lively instances, adopted by 16 instances amongst these aged 25 to 39. A full checklist of instances by age is out there on the well being unit’s web site.

Data on native variant of concern information might be discovered by visiting the well being unit’s abstract of COVID-19 instances in Middlesex-London web page and clicking on the “Case Standing” tab.

Hospitalizations

As of Monday, London Well being Sciences Centre (LHSC) was caring for eight 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 and nil in pediatric vital care.

5 or fewer workers have presently examined constructive for COVID-19.

St. Joseph’s Well being Care London (SJHCL) reported one non-outbreak case involving health-care staff.

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Outbreaks

The MLHU just isn’t reporting any lively outbreaks within the area involving long-term care properties, retirement properties or hospitals.

The well being unit is reporting an outbreak at Wilberforce Public College, declared Oct. 28.

A previously-reported outbreak at Waddling Duck Daycare, declared Oct. 30, was listed as resolved as of Nov. 6.

Faculties

The next colleges have lively instances related to them, based on the MLHU:

• Ashley Oaks Public College (one case)
• École élémentaire catholique Frère André (one case)
• London Waldorf College (one case)
• Matthews Corridor Unbiased College (one case)
• Notre Dame Catholic College (two instances)
• St. John French Immersion College (one case)
• St. Nicholas Senior Catholic College (two instances)
• St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary College (two instances)
• Valleyview Central Public College (one case)
• W. Sherwood Fox Public College (one case)
• Wilberforce Public College (three instances)

The well being unit says not less than 214 instances have been reported for the reason that begin of the college 12 months involving elementary and secondary colleges, in addition to child-care and early years centres.

Vaccinations and testing

As of finish of day Nov. 6, 89.5 per cent of eligible residents (12 and older) have had not less than one dose of COVID-19 vaccine whereas 86.2 per cent are totally immunized.

Since Sep. 28, unvaccinated people have accounted for 57 per cent of all instances (or 293 of 495 instances) and 73.3 per cent of all hospitalizations (11 of 15).

Of the six COVID-19-related deaths reported within the final six weeks, 4 concerned individuals who had been unvaccinated, one concerned a person who was totally vaccinated and one concerned somebody who was 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 most recent COVID-19 take a look at positivity fee 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 441 new COVID-19 instances on Tuesday, a decrease rely than the day prior to this however a lot larger than the final two Tuesdays. The provincial case complete now stands at 604,152.

For comparability, final Tuesday noticed 331 new instances whereas the earlier Tuesday noticed 269. All three Tuesdays noticed comparable testing volumes within the 20,000 vary.

Of the 441 new instances recorded, the info confirmed 225 had been unvaccinated folks, 19 had been partially vaccinated folks, 173 had been totally vaccinated folks and for twenty-four folks the vaccination standing was unknown.

The dying toll within the province has risen to 9,903 as three extra virus-related deaths had been recorded.

As of 8 p.m. on Monday, 13,049 vaccines (4,674 for a primary shot and eight,375 for a second shot) had been administered within the final day.

There are greater than 11 million folks within the province totally immunized with two doses, which is 85.1 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) inhabitants. First dose protection stands at 88.5 per cent.

Elgin and Oxford

On Tuesday, Southwestern Public Well being reported:

• 4,847 complete instances (a rise of 18)
• 126 lively instances (a lower of three)
• 4,626 resolved instances (a rise of 20)
• 96 deaths up to now (a rise of 1)

Additional particulars might be discovered on SWPH’s COVID-19 dashboard.

The latest dying was reported Tuesday and concerned a lady in her 50s from Elgin County. It was the primary dying reported this week however the fourth dying reported within the final two weeks.

Of the 126 lively instances within the area, 57 had been in Elgin County (together with 27 in Aylmer) and 69 had been in Oxford County (together with 34 in Woodstock).

Eight folks had been hospitalized with COVID-19 with 4 within the ICU as of Tuesday. There have been no lively institutional outbreaks.

Data on college instances might be discovered on the web sites of the Thames Valley District College Board and the London District Catholic College Board.

The area’s take a look at positivity fee 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. 7, 83.7 per cent of these aged 12 and older within the area had been totally vaccinated whereas 86.7 per cent have had not less than one dose.

Data on the place and how you can get vaccinated might be discovered on the well being unit’s web site.

Huron and Perth

As of Tuesday, Huron Perth Public Well being reported:

• 2,392 complete instances (a rise of three)
• 43 lively instances (a lower of three)
• 2,282 recoveries (a rise of 24)
• 67 deaths up to now (unchanged)

Among the many 43 lively instances, 15 had been in Perth East, 9 in Stratford and 6 in Huron East. Full case counts by municipality might be discovered on the well being unit’s dashboard.

There have been 4 folks hospitalized with COVID-19 and two lively instances involving health-care staff, as of Tuesday.

HPPH reported three outbreaks, although there have been no long-term care house, retirement house or hospital outbreaks as of Monday.

An outbreak at Milverton Public College in Perth East was declared Oct. 27 and includes one workers case and 16 scholar instances.

The opposite two outbreaks contain workplaces. No additional info was supplied.

Information on college instances might be discovered on the web sites of the Avon-Maitland District College Board and the Huron-Perth Catholic District College Board.

The area’s take a look at positivity fee 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. 8, 82.1 per cent of these aged 12 and older had been totally vaccinated whereas 85.2 per cent have had not less than one dose.

Data on how and the place to get a vaccine might be discovered on the well being unit’s web site.

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Sarnia and Lambton

On Tuesday, Lambton Public Well being (LPH) reported:

• 4,246 complete instances (a rise of three)
• 49 lively instances (a rise of three)
• 4,126 resolved instances (a rise of six)
• 71 deaths up to now (unchanged)

The latest dying was reported Oct. 28 and concerned somebody who was of their 90s.

Eight COVID-19 sufferers had been within the care of Bluewater Well being as of Tuesday.

LPH reported three lively outbreaks in complete:

• Brigden Public College, declared Nov. 4 and involving fewer than 5 instances
• Bluewater Well being hospital, declared Nov. 5 and involving fewer than 5 affected person instances and fewer than 5 workers instances
• a office outbreak declared Oct. 31 involving three instances

All lively instances at colleges throughout the Lambton Kent District College Board might be discovered on-line, as can instances at colleges throughout the St. Clair Catholic District College Board.

The take a look at positivity fee 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, 80.8 per cent are totally vaccinated and 83.0 per cent have had not 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. Individuals can even name the vaccine name centre at 226-254-8222.

Those that are in a position to get vaccinated on brief discover are inspired to join Lambton Public Well being’s each day Vaccine Standby Record.

—With information from International Information’ Jacquelyn LeBel and Gabby Rodrigues