COVID-19: Peterborough risk index remains at ‘high’, 5 deaths reported over last 7 days
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Peterborough Public Health reported five more deaths, 121 new cases of COVID-19 and two new outbreaks over the past week, according to data released late Wednesday afternoon.
The health unit’s COVID-19 tracker site now provides updates each Wednesday. The tracker reported the following data for its jurisdiction (Peterborough, Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation) as of 4:30 p.m.:
Community risk index: Reported as “high risk” on May 11, unchanged from its status on May 4. Prior to May 4, the index was at “very high risk” for three weeks.
The risk index — updated each Wednesday — uses a number of factors such as case rate, hospitalizations, deaths, PCR test positivity, rapid antigen test positivity and wastewater surveillance in the region.
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COVID-19 risk index for May 11, 2022. Peterborough Public Health
Lab-confirmed deaths: 76 — five more deaths since May 4. The health unit reports all of the individuals were vaccinated: 2 women in their 90s, a man and a woman both in their 70s and a man in his 30s.
On March 11, the health unit removed three deaths reported early in the pandemic from its database due to a change in provincial reporting methodology.
New PCR-confirmed cases: 121 since Wednesday, May 4.
Active PCR lab-confirmed cases: 273 — down from 315 reported on May 4. The province and health unit note the number of active cases being reported is an “underestimation” due to changes to PCR testing availability effective Dec. 31, 2021.
Cumulative lab-confirmed cases: 7,291 since the pandemic began.
Hospitalized cases: Peterborough Regional Health Centre as of Wednesday afternoon reported 17 inpatients, down from 18 reported over the past two days. There were 25 inpatients reported on May 4. There were a record-high 40 inpatients reported on April 22.
The health unit reports 322 cumulative hospitalized cases since the pandemic began, seven more since the May 4 update. There have been 43 cases in an intensive care unit since the pandemic was declared, two more since unchanged since April 22.
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The hospital reports one patient transfer related to provincial directives so far in 2022.
Resolved cases: 158 additional resolved cases since May 4. The 6,784 cumulative resolved cases make up approximately 93 per cent of all lab-confirmed cases since the pandemic was declared.
Outbreaks
The health unit only reports “high-risk” outbreaks. Since May 4 new outbreaks declared:
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Other active outbreaks:
Outbreaks lifted since May 4:
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The health unit reports 1,199 cumulative cases associated with 146 outbreaks since the pandemic was declared — 39 more cases since the May 4 update.
Vaccination
According to the COVID-19 tracker on Wednesday, 348,490 doses have been administered since Jan. 26, 2021. The health unit notes doses given in the Peterborough area to people who don’t live within its jurisdiction are counted.
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