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2 new COID-related deaths reported by MLHU on Friday
CTV
Two new deaths related to COVID-19 are being reported by the Middlesex-London Health Unit.
Two new deaths related to COVID-19 are being reported by the Middlesex-London Health Unit.
The deaths include a woman in her 50s associated with a long-term care home and a man in his 80s, not associated with a long-term care or retirement home.
There is also an increase of 85 cases in the past 24 hours, for a total of 31,179 recorded cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Another drop is being reported in the number of people in hospital with LHSC caring for 56 inpatients, seven fewer than Thursday — 14 of the 56 are in the adult ICU.
Five or fewer inpatients with COVID-19 are in the Children’s Hospital with five or fewer in Paediatric Critical Care.
There has been a slight increase in the number of LHSC with COVID-19, now at 144, up from 136 on Thursday.
St. Joseph’s Health Care is also reporting 54 health care workers who have tested positive for COVID-19.