Covid Update: 27 variants in 30 new cases

Durham Health yesterday posted 30 new Covid-19 cases for March 9, taking the region’s tally to 12,257 since the count began on February 29.

Of these, there were 27 new variant cases.

There was no new covid death keeping this month’s toll to four. There were 11 covid deaths in February, 45 deaths in January, 53 in December and 5 in November. Durham’s overall death toll stands at 301 with 217 of them occurring in LTCs.

There were:

  • 3 new cases in Pickering
  • 8 in Ajax
  • 14 in Whitby
  • 2 in Oshawa
  • 1 in Clarington

Recoveries stand at 11,669 (11,615), up by 54. There are 287 active covid cases.

Nineteen cases are hospitalized with nine in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and 268 people in home isolation.

Durham Health reported the highest number of cases so far at 3,536 in Ajax.

Death Toll: Total – 301              LTC – 217

Of the 99 reported deaths in Pickering, 86 were in LTC
Of the 51 reported deaths in Ajax, 33 were in LTC
Forty-five deaths were reported in Whitby, 30 in LTC
Of the 51 reported deaths in Oshawa, 34 were in LTC
Fifteen deaths were reported in Clarington [none in LTC]
24 deaths were reported in Uxbridge, 20 in LTC
Sixteen deaths have been reported in Scugog, 14 in LTC
No deaths have been reported in Brock

Note: The data were extracted from the integrated Public Health Information System in the afternoon yesterday.

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