COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 37 cases
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The rate of active COVID-19 cases within the MLHU continues to climb dramatically among those in the 0-11 age group, from 33 cases Friday to 80 on Wednesday.
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The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 37 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, though the total case count climbed by only 36 to 15,160. The discrepancy is likely due to data cleanup.
As of Wednesday, there were 289 active cases (an increase of 14), 14,617 recoveries (an increase of 22) and 254 deaths (unchanged).
The most recent deaths were reported Dec. 7 and involved a man in his 50s not associated with a long-term care or retirement home and a man in his 80s associated with a retirement home.
The MLHU has confirmed the presence of the new Omicron variant in the region, detected in a large cluster of COVID-19 cases.
On Tuesday, the health unit announced that genomic sequencing conducted on one of the cluster cases had confirmed the presence of the Omicron variant.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the health unit says the number of cases associated with the COVID-19 cluster is at least 40, with 171 high-risk close contacts.
On Wednesday, the health unit confirmed to Global News that the child-care centre associated with the cluster is Kidzone.