COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 18 cases Wednesday
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Outside of the Middlesex-London Health Unit, nearby SWPH reported 22 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday while Lambton Public Health reported five cases.
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The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 18 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, though the total tally increased by 19, likely due to data cleanup.
In total, there have been 14,780 cases, including 138 active cases (an increase of 12), 14,390 recoveries (an increase of seven) and 252 deaths.
The most recent deaths were reported Nov. 22 and involved an unvaccinated man in his 60s and a fully vaccinated woman in her 80s.
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 22 inpatients with COVID-19 as of Wednesday. Ten were in adult critical care or the intensive care unit.
On Monday, LHSC chief medical officer Dr. Adam Dukelow explained that, over the past four weeks, roughly two-thirds of LHSC’s COVID admissions have come from outside of London-Middlesex.
There were five or fewer inpatients with COVID-19 in LHSC’s Children’s Hospital, with five or fewer in pediatric critical care as of Tuesday.