COVID-19: MLHU reports 14 cases, nearly 85% of eligible residents fully vaccinated

The MLHU says kids aged 12-17 have the highest vaccination rate of anyone under the age of 60, with 86.5 per cent fully vaccinated and 92.4 per cent having had at least one dose.

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The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 14 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.

In total, there have been 14,425 cases, of which 124 are active (an increase of eight), 14,056 are recovered (an increase of eight) and 245 people have died (unchanged).

The most recent death was reported Oct. 21 and involved a man in his 70s who was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home and who was fully vaccinated but eligible for a third dose due to a suppressed immune system.

Of the 124 active cases, 44 involve kids 0-11, a cohort that is not yet eligible for vaccination. The rate of active cases among that age group is 68.3 per 100,000 population.

The next highest rate of active cases involves those aged 12-17, at 27.2 cases per 100,000 population (or nine active cases).

Since Sept. 12, the MLHU says all of the variant of concern cases in the region have been the Delta variant except for one case in which they were unable to generate sequencing. Total counts by the type of variant of concern can be found on the health unit’s summary of COVID-19 cases in Middlesex-London page and clicking the “Case Status” tab.

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) was caring for six inpatients with COVID-19, as of Tuesday.