COVID-19: MLHU reports 22 cases, SWPH adds 38 cases to its tally
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Of the active cases in Southwestern Public Health's jurisdiction, 95 were in Elgin County (including 38 in Aylmer) and 62 were in Oxford County (including 32 in Woodstock).
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The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 22 COVID-19 cases Friday but no deaths.
The health unit is reporting a total of 14,706 cases, including 131 active cases (an increase of 16), 14,326 recoveries (an increase of six) and 249 deaths (unchanged).
The most recent death was reported Nov. 17 and involved a partially vaccinated man in his 80s, not associated with a long-term care or retirement home.
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 was caring for 19 in-patients with COVID-19. Eight are in adult critical care or the intensive care unit.
As of Monday, LHSC had accepted fewer than five critical care patient transfers from St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital. It’s unclear how many of the current inpatients are transfers.
There were five or fewer in-patients with COVID-19 in LHSC’s Children’s Hospital with five or fewer in paediatric critical care.
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