COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 23 cases, SWPH adds 11 cases
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The MLHU said at least 98 COVID-19 cases have been reported since the start of the school year involving elementary and secondary schools, and child-care/early-years centres.
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The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 23 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, though the total case count climbed by 26 to 14,157 cases.
In total, there have been 13,746 recoveries (an increase of 24), 171 active cases (an increase of two) and 240 deaths.
The most recent death was reported on Oct. 5 and involved a man in his 70s who was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home. Based on the updates to the MLHU’s vaccination status of recent deaths graph, the latest death involved someone who was partially vaccinated.
The number of cases involving a variant of concern remains at 4,259. The breakdown of known variant cases is as follows:
There are also two cases listed using the old code numbers, one described as B.1.617 and another listed as B.1.617.3.
Further information can be found on the health unit’s summary of COVID-19 cases in Middlesex-London.
London Health Sciences Centre is caring for 10 inpatients with COVID-19 as of Thursday.
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