COVID-19: LHSC has 22 COVID inpatients, MLHU reports 40 cases
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As of March 19, 90.9 per cent of residents in the MLHU region age five and older have had at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, up from 90.8 per cent a week prior.
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London Health Sciences Centre reported Tuesday that it was caring for 22 inpatients with COVID-19, an increase of one from the day before.
Of those, five or fewer are in adult critical care or intensive care, a figure unchanged.
LHSC says five or fewer of its COVID-19 inpatients are in Children’s Hospital, while zero are in pediatric critical care, also unchanged.
Of the 22 inpatients with COVID-19, 12 are being treated for COVID-19 while 10 are being treated for something other than COVID-19 but were found to have an incidental infection.
The organization says at least 167 staff were positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, up eight from Monday.
At St. Joseph’s Health Care London, there are 76 health-care workers with active cases of COVID-19 and one patient or resident case, at Parkwood Institute Main Building.
On Tuesday, the MLHU reported zero deaths and 40 new lab-confirmed cases.
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