Outbreak at Peterborough Retirement Residence
Six new cases in the Peterborough area, raising active case total to 43
A new outbreak was declared at Peterborough Retirement Residence and six new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Peterborough city and county, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation were reported Tuesday afternoon by Peterborough Public Health.
Five cases have also recovered, resulting in 43 active cases, up from 42 on Monday.
The jurisdiction has now had 521 cumulative cases, with 471 resolved and seven earlier deaths.
More new cases are expected in coming days as the health unit is monitoring 64 people considered to be at high risk because of close contact with a confirmed case, down from 72 on Monday.
While there were no new deaths, a new hospitalization was reported Tuesday, the 23rd to date since the pandemic began in March.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre had 17 patients with the virus as of Tuesday, setting a new daily high for the pandemic.
PRHC, which implemented new restrictions on visits on Tuesday, also has between five and nine patients transferred from other Ontario hospitals that had reached capacity.
A COVID-19 outbreak is continuing at PRHC’s A2/B2 stroke rehabilitation in-patient unit.
A new outbreak was declared Tuesday at the Peterborough Retirement Residence at 1039 Water St. after a resident tested positive.
Outbreaks are continuing at Centennial Place long-termcare home in Millbrook and Regency Retirement Residence in Lakefield. Medical officer of health Dr. Rosana Salvaterra described those outbreaks as stable on Tuesday, but more testing results are still to come .
A staff provider with Wee Watch private home daycare in Peterborough tested positive on Jan. 5.
More than 41,200 residents, or 27.8 per cent, have now been tested for the virus at least once, the health unit also reported Tuesday.
Tower of Port Hope outbreak lifted
Three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the City of Kawartha Lakes and two in Northumberland County were reported Tuesday afternoon by the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.
There have now been 413 cases with 68 active in the City of Kawartha Lakes, 365 in Northumberland County with 26 active and 47 in Haliburton County with five active, for a total of 825 cumulative cases and 99 active cases.
There are also two probable cases in the City of Kawartha Lakes. No new deaths or hospitalizations were reported Tuesday. More new cases are expected in coming days as the health unit is monitoring 74 people in the City of Kawartha Lakes, 52 in Northumberland County and 13 in Haliburton County who are considered to be at high risk because of close contact with a confirmed case, along with 13 other high-risk contacts.
An outbreak at Tower of Port Hope retirement residence in Port Hope was lifted Tuesday.
Outbreaks continue at Hope Street Terrace long-term — home in Port Hope, the Caressant Care long-term-care home on McLaughlin Road in Lindsay, the Caressant Care longterm-care home on Mary Street in Lindsay, the Caressant Care retirement home on Mary Street in Lindsay, the Golden Plough Lodge long-term-care home in Cobourg and the Warkworth Place long-termcare home in Warkworth.
Three residents of Caressant Care McLaughlin Road who tested positive have now died.
As of Tuesday, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay had two admitted patients with the virus.
As of Tuesday, the home had 22 residents and 19 staff members who have tested positive. The Caressant Care Mary Street outbreaks were declared after one staff member in the nursing home and two in the retirement home tested positive (they are in isolation at home) but no residents have tested positive.
The health unit received its first 700 doses of the Moderna vaccine on Monday and plans to start vaccinating residents of the jurisdiction’s long-termcare homes this week.
More vaccine doses are expected to arrive next week with the goal of vaccinating all the longterm-care residents by Feb. 5.