COVID-19: MLHU reports 4 deaths, LHSC caring for 79 inpatients
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LHSC is caring for 79 COVID-19 inpatients, with 17 inpatients in adult critical care. Last Tuesday, LHSC was caring for 119 COVID inpatients with 22 in ICUs.
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The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported a total of four deaths and 53 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
The deaths involved two women in their 80s, a man in his 80s and a man in his 70s.
London Health Sciences Centre, meanwhile, is caring for 79 inpatients with COVID-19, 17 of whom are in adult critical care.
As noted, LHSC is caring for 79 COVID-19 inpatients, with 17 inpatients in adult critical care. Last Tuesday, LHSC was caring for 119 COVID inpatients with 22 in ICUs.
Of the 79, there were nine in Children’s Hospital with five or fewer in pediatric critical care. Last Tuesday, there were five or fewer in Children’s Hospital with zero in pediatric critical care.
LHSC executive VP and chief nursing executive Carol Young-Ritchie noted on Monday that the majority of COVID-19 inpatients in Children’s Hospital were admitted for other reasons and tested positive for COVID-19 in hospital.
Of the 79 patients, 43 are being treated for COVID-19 while 36 others in hospital have incidental COVID-19 infections (meaning they were admitted for another reason).
