After a one day increase, the number of people in London hospital with COVID-19 went down on Wednesday.
The London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) reported it has 19 patients with COVID-19 in its care, down five from Tuesday. COVID-19 hospitalizations have been in the low-to-mid 20s every day this month, with the exception of last Thursday when there were also 19 admitted.
The LHSC specified that, of the 19 COVID-19 patients at its hospitals, ten are being treated for COVID-19, while nine were admitted for other reasons but also have the virus.
The number of people with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit remained unchanged with five or fewer. At Children’s Hospital, there are zero infected patients, down from five or fewer on Tuesday.
The hospital network reported on Wednesday that it currently has 50 employees who have tested positive for the virus. That is down one over the past 24 hours.
As of early afternoon Wednesday, the Middlesex London Health Unit had not updated its COVID-19 dashboard to reflect new and total cases, the total number of resolved cases, and the total number of virus-related deaths.
Southwestern Public Health reported 22 more COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, increasing the local case count since the pandemic began to 14,015. There has not been a COVID-19 related death in the region in more than a week, leaving the death toll at 169. Resolved cases rose to 13,791 and there are now 55 known active cases in the two counties.
Ontario has shifted to a weekly reporting system and will release the COVID-19 data, including new cases, deaths, and hospitalizations on Thursday.
