There are now a total of 83 active COVID-19 cases between the two counties.
Three of the new cases today are listed as close contacts, one is travel and the remaining four are still pending.
Hospital staff are treating 17 people, with seven in ICU and five on a ventilator.
The outbreak declared on April 28th at a workplace in Belleville has been declared over. In that situation, three cases of the virus were linked.
We now have a total of six active outbreaks:
Quinte Health Care – Belleville General Hospital’s Quinte 5 Unit – Declared April 27 – 26 cases linked to date.
Quinte Health Care – Belleville General Hospital’s ICU – Declared May 4 – 3 cases linked.
That leaves the region with a total of 81 active COVID-19 cases, between the two counties.
Health officials have also added 17 more variants of concern to the list. There have now been a total of 375 voc’s identified since the start of the pandemic. A worrying trend, considering there has been a total of 1,018 cases of the virus since March of last year.
Hospital staff are caring for 18 local patients in hospital, with eight in the ICU, and six on a ventilator.
The six outbreaks in the community continue.
A total of 66,763 vaccine doses have been administered locally. A total of 62,145 people or 37 per cent of the population has received one dose. There are 4,618 people now fully vaccinated, representing three per cent of the population.
1 case is linked to local transmission.
last case listed today is still pending.
Hospital staff are treating 17 people with the virus, with six in ICU and six on a ventilator.
The seven outbreaks continue in the area.
A total of 20 cases have been linked to the outbreak at Belleville General Hospital’s Quinte 5 Unit. Another three cases have been linked to the outbreak in the hospital’s ICU.
Health officials have administered 65,730 vaccine doses, with 36 per cent of the population now with their first dose.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit added two more COVID-19 cases in Northumberland County, to their list today. There are a total of 24 active cases in the county.
We’ve hit a grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic, as the number of new cases continues to climb locally.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has recorded now over 1,000 cases of the virus, since the pandemic began in March of 2020.
The region has seen a total of 1,004 cases overall, as of today.
Health officials are reporting 17 new cases today, and 10 more recoveries. Seven of the new cases reported are listed as variants of concern.
There are now a total of 81 active COVID-19 cases between the two counties.
Hospital staff are treating 17 local COVID-19 patients, with six in ICU and six on a ventilator.