COVID-19: LHSC reports 78 patients with 12 in ICU, MLHU adds 412 cases
Global News
The test positivity rate for the week of Dec. 26 reached 28.3 per cent in Middlesex-London, up from 15.5 per cent the week of Dec. 19 and 6.9 per cent the week of Dec. 12.
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London Health Sciences Centre is caring for 78 inpatients with COVID-19, down one from the day before. Of those, 12 are in adult critical care, doubling from six on Thursday.
There are five or fewer inpatients with COVID-19 in the Children’s Hospital with zero in pediatric critical care, steady from Tuesday.
An LHSC spokesperson told Global News the figures include all those in hospital with COVID-19, regardless of whether that was the reason for admission. LHSC is working to make that data available “in the near future.”
Staff cases at LHSC continue to balloon, climbing to 438 on Friday from 350 on Thursday.
Testing data has been updated for the first time in weeks, with the province reporting that the test positivity rate for the week of Dec. 26, 2021 reached 28.3 per cent in Middlesex-London, up from 15.5 per cent the week of Dec. 19 and 6.9 per cent the week of Dec. 12.
Meanwhile, the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported a total of 412 COVID-19 cases on Friday and no deaths.
Daily case counts are no longer considered a reliable reflection of COVID-19 activity in the region. Capacity issues have resulted in a change in strategy that limits testing to those who work in high-risk settings or in hospitals. Reduced testing means true case counts are higher than what is recorded.
