COVID-19: MLHU adds 544 cases, LHSC caring for 59 inpatients with 10 in ICU
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London Health Sciences Centre is caring for 59 inpatients with COVID-19 with 10 in ICU. There are five or fewer in Children's Hospital with zero in pediatric critical care.
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The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported a total of 544 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and no deaths.
The highest daily case count was on Dec. 31, 2021, when the MLHU reported 638 cases.
However, the active case tally is likely much higher due to capacity issues that have resulted in a change in strategy that focuses testing for those who work in high-risk settings or in hospitals. Anyone who develops any kind of respiratory symptoms is being asked by the health unit to treat it like COVID-19 and self-isolate as a result of contact tracing systems being overwhelmed.
London Health Sciences Centre, meanwhile, is currently caring for 59 inpatients with COVID-19 with 10 in critical care. There are five or fewer inpatients with COVID-19 in Children’s Hospital with zero in pediatric critical care.
Hospitalization figures are up from 25 patients with eight in critical care on Dec. 30. At that time, there were five or fewer inpatients in Children’s Hospital with COVID-19, with five or fewer in critical care.
The most recent death was reported Dec. 30 and involved a man in his 70s who was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home, the health unit said. Further details were not provided, but MLHU data suggested the individual was fully vaccinated.
In total, there have been 21,784 confirmed cases since the onset of the pandemic, including 4,221 active cases (an increase of 139), 17,304 resolved cases (an increase of 404) and 259 deaths (unchanged).
