Now five active cases reported in Peterborough

City of Kawartha Lakes also has a new case as province in second wave

A spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases in Peterborough city and county, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation continued with another new case Monday, Peterborough Public Health reported.

It’s the 138th cumulative case for the jurisdiction and the fifth active case, with 131 previously resolved and two deaths in March and April.

Among the active cases are a female under 20 and two men in their 20s, according to Public Health Ontario.

The jurisdiction now has a cumulative rate of 93.3 cases per 100,000 people since March, less than a quarter of the provincial average of 468.2 cases per 100,000 people as of Monday. More than 33,050, or 22.3 per cent, have now been tested, the health unit also reported Monday.

COVID-19 testing continues at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, the drivethrough centre at Eastgate Park by appointment only, which can be booked online.

Testing is also available by appointment at the Shoppers Drug Mart on Lansdowne and High Streets.

The board of health heard a report from Dr. Rosana Salvaterra on the status of COVID-19 in the community last Wednesday.

Prior to the surge of the past week or so, the local case incidence rate was zero cases per 100,000 for the week of Oct. 612, compared to 35.9 for Ontario, the board of health heard.

“The source of exposure is largely from close contact with other cases, with some travel exposures, mostly resulting from travel to Ontario hot spots,” states a report from Peterborough Public Health.

“The source of exposure is largely from close contact with other cases, with some travel exposures, mostly resulting from travel to Ontario hot spots.” PETERBOROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH

The equivalent of 25.5 fulltime staff has been assigned full-time to Peterborough Public Health’s COVID-19 efforts, Salvaterra told the board.

New case in the City of Kawartha Lakes

A new confirmed COVID -19 case in the City of Kawartha Lakes was reported Monday by the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.

The new case is a woman in her 50s, according to Public Health Ontario. She is self-isolating at home. It was the only active case in the jurisdiction as of Monday. A case from last week, a woman in her 60s from Haliburton County, has now recovered.

The latest case is the 248th cumulative case for the jurisdiction since the pandemic began in March.

There have been 184 cases in the City of Kawartha Lakes, 45 in Northumberland County and 19 in Haliburton County, with 33 earlier deaths.

The health unit is also monitoring 12 people in Northumberland County, four in Haliburton County and one in the City of Kawartha Lakes who are at high risk because of close contact with a confirmed case.