COVID-19: MLHU reports 12 cases Friday, SWPH adds 32 cases

The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported a dozen COVID-19 cases to end the first workweek of November while Southwestern Public Health added 32 cases to its tally.

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The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 12 COVID-19 cases on Friday, though the total cases to date climbed by 14 to 14,533.

Of that total, there are 102 active cases (an increase of seven), 14,185 recoveries (an increase of seven) and 246 deaths.

The latest death, reported Nov. 2, involved a woman in her 70s and is not associated with a long-term care or retirement home. Based on the MLHU’s data on deaths within the past six weeks, she was unvaccinated.

Of the 102 active cases, 37 involve kids aged 11 or under, a cohort that is not yet eligible for vaccination.

Information on local variant of concern data can be found by visiting the health unit’s summary of COVID-19 cases in Middlesex-London page and clicking on the “Case Status” tab.

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) was caring for five or fewer inpatients with COVID-19 as of Friday, a decrease from eight Thursday.

There were five or fewer inpatients in adult critical care or the intensive care unit.