The number of COVID-19 positive patients and infected workers at London hospitals saw declines over the long weekend.
The London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) confirmed on Monday the number of inpatients infected with COVID-19 went down since last Thursday. There are now 30 patients with the virus admitted, a decrease of two. At this time last week, there were just 26 inpatients with COVID-19 at the LHSC. According to hospital officials, 12 of the current inpatients are being treated for the virus, while the remaining 18 are being treated for other ailments but have tested positive for COVID.
The intensive care unit has five or fewer infected patients, while there are currently none admitted to Children’s Hospital.
The number of hospital workers who have tested positive went down by 12 on Monday. There are 90 infected staffers at the LHSC. Despite the decrease, that is still higher than at this time last week when there were 77 hospital employees who had contracted the virus.
There are currently three level two COVID-19 outbreaks at University Hospital and none at Victoria Hospital.
The Middlesex London Health Unit reported 102 new cases since it last updated its COVID-19 dashboard last 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 38,881 since the pandemic began.
There were zero additional deaths recorded over the past three days. Last week, five COVID-19 related deaths were logged in London and Middlesex County, including the death of a man in his 40s. The local death toll since the pandemic began stands at 407.
Resolved cases are up to 38,182. The number of active cases locally went up by 40 since last Thursday to 292 on Monday.
The health unit’s next COVID-19 update will be issued 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.
