COVID-19: 7 new cases in London and Middlesex on Sunday, 13 recoveries – London
Leap to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton
The Middlesex-London Well being Unit (MLHU) reported seven COVID-19 instances and 13 recoveries on Sunday.
Of that, there are 90 lively instances (a lower of eight), 14,550 instances in whole, 14,214 recoveries in whole and 246 deaths.
The most recent dying, reported Nov. 2, concerned a lady in her 70s not related to a long-term care or retirement dwelling. She was unvaccinated.
Of the 90 lively instances, 29 contain children aged 11 or underneath, a cohort that’s not but eligible for vaccination.
Info on native variant of concern knowledge could be discovered by visiting the well being unit’s summary of COVID-19 cases in Middlesex-London web page and clicking on the “Case Standing” tab.
Hospitalizations
As of Friday, London Well being Sciences Centre (LHSC) was caring for 5 or fewer inpatients with COVID-19.
There have been 5 or fewer inpatients in grownup important care or the intensive care unit.
There have been zero inpatients with COVID-19 in Kids’s Hospital and, in consequence, zero in pediatric important care.
5 or fewer workers have at present examined optimistic for COVID-19.
St. Joseph’s Well being Care London (SJHCL) reported two non-outbreak instances involving health-care employees.
Outbreaks
The MLHU is just not reporting any lively outbreaks within the area involving long-term care properties, retirement properties or hospitals.
The well being unit is reporting an outbreak at Wilberforce Public Faculty, declared Oct. 28. The Lucan college has been closed to in-person learning since Nov. 1 however the Thames Valley District Faculty Board reaffirmed on Friday that it will likely be reopening on Monday, Nov. 8.

Colleges
The next colleges have lively instances related to them, in line with the MLHU:
- École élémentaire catholique Frère André (one case)
- London Waldorf Faculty (one case)
- St. Nicholas Senior Catholic Faculty (one case)
- Valleyview Central Public Faculty (one case)
- W. Sherwood Fox Public Faculty (one case)
- Wilberforce Public Faculty (six instances)
The outbreak at Waddling Duck Daycare declared on Oct. 30 has been declared over on Nov. 6. There may be one case related to the daycare.
The well being unit says at the least 206 instances have been reported for the reason that begin of the varsity yr involving elementary and secondary colleges, in addition to child-care and early years centres.
Vaccinations and testing
As of finish of day Oct. 30, 89.2 per cent of eligible residents (12 and older) have had at the least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine whereas 85.6 per cent are totally immunized.
Since Sept. 23, unvaccinated people have accounted for 59.04 per cent of all instances (or 320 of 542 instances) and 72.22 per cent of all hospitalizations (13 of 18).
Of the eight COVID-19-related deaths reported within the final six weeks, 4 concerned individuals who have been unvaccinated, two concerned people who have been totally vaccinated and two concerned individuals who have been partially vaccinated.
On the well being unit’s web site, residents can discover data on pop-up clinics, mass vaccination clinics and pharmacies; steerage for anybody vaccinated outside of the province or country; transportation support for these in want; and more.
Anybody trying to be examined for COVID-19 can discover details about the locations of testing sites on the health unit’s website.
The most recent COVID-19 take a look at positivity price within the area was 1.6 per cent for the week of Oct. 24, down from 1.8 per cent for the week of Oct. 17.
Ontario
Ontario is reporting 636 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the provincial case whole to 603,231.
The dying toll within the province has risen to 9,898 as two new deaths have been recorded.
In the meantime, 589,533 Ontario residents have been reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is about 98 per cent of recognized instances.
As of 8 p.m. on Saturday, 12,754 vaccines (8,640 for a primary shot and 4,114 for a second shot) have been administered within the final day.
There are greater than 11 million individuals totally immunized with two doses, which is 84.9 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) inhabitants. First dose protection stands at 88.4 per cent.
Check positivity hit two per cent.
Elgin and Oxford
On Friday, Southwestern Public Well being reported:
- 4,779 whole instances
- 121 lively instances
- 4,564 resolved instances
- 94 deaths so far
Additional particulars could be discovered on SWPH’s COVID-19 dashboard.
The latest dying was reported Wednesday and concerned a lady in her 70s from Elgin County. It was the third dying reported this week.
Of the 121 lively instances within the area, 63 have been in Elgin County (together with 33 in Aylmer) and 58 have been in Oxford County (together with 27 in Woodstock).
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13 individuals have been hospitalized with COVID-19 with 4 within the ICU as of Friday. There have been no lively institutional outbreaks.
Info on college instances could be discovered on the web sites of the Thames Valley District School Board and the London District Catholic School Board.
The area’s take a look at positivity price was 3.6 per cent for the week of Oct. 24, up from an adjusted 3.9 per cent for the week of Oct. 17.
On Nov. 4, 83.5 per cent of these aged 12 and older within the area have been totally vaccinated whereas 86.7 per cent have had at the least one dose.
Info on the place and easy methods to get vaccinated can be found on the health unit’s website.

Huron and Perth
On Friday,Huron Perth Public Well being reported:
- 2,367 whole instances
- 42 lively instances
- 2,258 recoveries
- 67 deaths so far
Among the many 42 lively instances, 19 have been in Perth East and 6 have been in Stratford. Full case counts by municipality could be discovered on the health unit’s dashboard.
There have been three individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and no lively instances involving health-care employees, as of Friday.
HPPH reported three outbreaks, although there have been no long-term care dwelling, retirement dwelling or hospital outbreaks as of Wednesday.
An outbreak at Milverton Public Faculty in Perth East was declared Oct. 27 and includes one workers case and 16 pupil instances.
A previously-reported outbreak at Huron Christian Faculty in Clinton, declared Oct. 8 and involving seven pupil instances, is now over.
The opposite two outbreaks contain workplaces. No additional data was offered.
Knowledge on college instances could be discovered on the web sites of the Avon-Maitland District School Board and the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board.
The area’s take a look at positivity price was 2.3 per cent for the week of Oct. 24, up from 1.2 per cent for the week of Oct. 17.
HPPH’s vaccine dashboard confirmed that as of Nov. 1, 81.6 per cent of these aged 12 and older have been totally vaccinated whereas 85.0 per cent have had at the least one dose.
Info on how and the place to get a vaccine could be discovered on the health unit’s website.

Sarnia and Lambton
On Sunday, Lambton Public Well being (LPH) reported:
- 4,234 whole instances (a rise of six)
- 47 lively instances (a lower of three)
- 4,116 resolved instances (a rise of eight)
- 71 deaths so far (unchanged)
The latest dying was reported Oct. 28 and concerned somebody who was of their 90s.
LPH doesn’t replace particular COVID-19 knowledge over the weekend.
4 COVID-19 sufferers have been within the care of Bluewater Well being as of Friday.
LPH reported 4 lively outbreaks in whole.
Two contain colleges:
- Brigden Public Faculty, declared Nov. 4 and involving fewer than 5 instances
- Queen Elizabeth II Public Faculty in Petrolia, declared Oct. 22 and involving fewer than 5 instances
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There have been additionally two lively office outbreaks, declared Oct. 29 and Oct. 31, involving two and three instances respectively.
All lively instances at colleges inside the Lambton Kent District Faculty Board can be found online, as can instances at colleges inside the St. Clair Catholic District School Board.
The take a look at positivity price for the week of Oct. 24 was 2.5 per cent, down from 3.8 per cent the week prior.
Amongst space residents aged 12 and older, 80.4 per cent are totally vaccinated and 83.7 per cent have had at the least one dose.
Residents can e book and re-book COVID-19 vaccine appointments or discover data on vaccine availability at pharmacies using the health unit’s registration page. Folks may also name the vaccine name centre at 226-254-8222.
Those that are in a position to get vaccinated on quick discover are inspired to enroll in Lambton Public Well being’s day by day Vaccine Standby List.
—With recordsdata from International Information’ Jacquelyn LeBel and Jessica Patton
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