The number of people admitted to London hospital with COVID-19 rose slightly over the weekend.
The London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) confirmed on Monday it has 22 patients with the virus in its care. That is an increase of five since Thursday. At this time last week, there were 15 inpatients with COVID-19 at the LHSC. According to hospital officials, seven of the current inpatients are being treated for the virus, while the other 15 are being treated for other ailments but have tested positive for COVID.
The intensive care unit has five or fewer infected patients. At Children’s Hospital there are five or fewer inpatients with the virus, including five or fewer who are listed in paediatric critical care.
The number of hospital workers who have tested positive went down by 16 on Monday. There are 120 infected staffers at the LHSC. Despite the decrease, the number of ill employees is still higher than at this time last week when 108 were confirmed to have contracted the virus.
There are two level two COVID-19 outbreaks at University Hospital and none at Victoria Hospital. The outbreaks at UH are listed on the U10 SAMU and palliative care unit and the U6 cardiovascular surgery 200, 300 wings.
The Middlesex London Health Unit reported 191 new COVID-19 cases since it last updated its COVID-19 dashboard on Thursday. However, public health officials caution that single-day case numbers are an underestimate of community spread due to eligibility changes that limit who can receive a test. The area’s total case count stands at 39,459 since the pandemic began.
There were no additional COVID-19 related deaths recorded on Monday, leaving the local death toll at 409. Resolved cases are up to 38,603. The number of active cases locally went up by 61 since Thursday to 447 on Monday.
The health unit will issue its next COVID-19 update on Thursday, as it now only updates its COVID dashboard twice a week.
Southwestern Public Health, the health unit that covers Elgin and Oxford counties, only updates its COVID-19 cases dashboard on Wednesdays, while the province issues its weekly updated numbers on Thursdays.
