3 additional COVID deaths reported by MLHU, slight increase in hospitalizations

Three additional deaths related to COVID-19 are being reported by the Middlesex-London Health Unit.

Three additional deaths related to COVID-19 are being reported by the Middlesex-London Health Unit.

The deaths are from Saturday’s update and include:

Over the past three days MLHU is also reporting 818 new cases. Including 329 from Saturday, 288 from Sunday and 201 were reported Monday.

There has been a slight increase in the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 in the region.

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is reporting 147 inpatients with COVID-19, up from 132 on Friday, as well as 21 patients in the ICU, the same as Friday.

Five or fewer inpatients with COVID-19 are in Children's Hospital and five or fewer in Pediatric Critical Care.

Meanwhile the number of staff that has tested positive for COVID-19 has dropped dramatically to 390, from 511 on Friday.