COVID-19: MLHU reports 3 deaths, LHSC caring for 138 COVID-19 patients, 26 in ICU
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Meanwhile, SWPH reported two deaths, both involving women in their 90s. One was from St. Thomas. The other was linked to the outbreak at Caressant Care Bonnie Place Nursing Home.
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The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported three deaths and 122 COVID-19 cases on Friday, compared with two deaths and 217 cases last Friday.
All three deaths involved men. One was in his 50s and not associated with a long-term care or retirement home. The other two involved men in their 80s and 90s associated with a long-term care home.
Meanwhile, the London Health Sciences Centre reported 138 COVID-19 inpatients on Friday, with 26 in critical care.
As noted, LHSC is caring for 138 COVID-19 inpatients, with 26 inpatients in adult critical care, compared with 145 inpatients with 22 in intensive care units last Friday.
Of the 138, there are five or fewer in Children’s Hospital with five or fewer in pediatric critical care. Last Friday, there were no COVID-19 patients in Children’s Hospital.
Of the 138 patients, 86 are being treated for COVID-19 while 52 others in hospital have incidental COVID-19 infections (meaning they were admitted for another reason).
Among staff, there are 169 cases, down from 189 a week ago.
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