3 deaths and 52 new cases of COVID-19 in Middlesex-London
CBC News | Posted: January 22, 2021 8:48 PM | Last Updated: January 22, 2021
The virus has now spread to inmates at EMDC, public health confirms
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What's the latest in the London region?
There are three more COVID-19 deaths and 52 new positive cases in Middlesex-London, according to data from the public health unit.
The latest people to die from the virus are a man and a woman in their 90s, linked to a long-term care home, and a woman in her 80s that is not linked to a long-term care or retirement home.
There are currently 1,535 active cases of the virus, and since the pandemic began 3,648 people have recovered. There have been a total of 164 deaths.
Today is the last day public health officials will inoculate against COVID -19 for the next weeks at the Agriplex vaccine clinic.
There is a shortage of doses and MLHU, under the direction of the province, has directed them to long-term care homes.
Infections at EMDC
The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) unit says the COVID-19 virus has spread to inmates at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC).
There are now a total of ten cases at the jail, six are staff members and four are inmates.
The MLHU announced an outbreak at EMDC on Monday after four staff members had tested positive.
What's the situation outside of Middlesex-London?
In Oneida Nation of the Thames, an update from the First Nation's administration said there were 34 active cases in the community as of Thursday, and 53 resolved cases.
The number of active cases is down from the day before, when there were 39.
Southwestern Public Health, which covers Oxford and Elgin counties as well as St. Thomas, is reporting 15 new cases of the virus Friday.
There have been a total of 2,151 cases in that region, and 255 are considered active, according to data from the health unit.
Forty-nine people have died.
Meanwhile, Ontario reported 2,662 cases of COVID-19 and 87 more deaths linked to the illness.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the federal government will send two mobile health units to assist in the Greater Toronto Area, which will add to the region's hospital bed capacity and free up intensive care units.