Durham Region Health Department yesterday said 1,449 Covid-19 cases have been reported in the region since February 29. One new covid-related death was also announced.
The number of Covid-19 infections on Friday had stood at 1,435.
Of the total cases, 24 are hospitalized, of which 6 are in Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Deaths total 174, of which 148 were in long term care homes (LTCH). Recoveries number 1,118.
Durham Health yesterday updated the overall community-wide Covid breakdown. The highest number of cases at 504 were in Pickering followed by 377 in Ajax and 235 in Oshawa.
Death Toll: One new in Uxbridge
- Of the 88 reported deaths in Pickering, 86 were in LTCH – no change
- Of the 36 reported deaths in Ajax, 31 were in LTCH – no change
- Three deaths were reported in Whitby [none in LTCH] – no change
- Of the 23 reported deaths in Oshawa, 15 were in LTCH – no change
- Seven deaths were reported in Clarington [none in LTCH] – no change
- 17 deaths were reported in Uxbridge, 16 in LTCH
- No deaths have been reported in Scugog – no change
- No deaths have been reported in Brock – no change
Note: The data were extracted from the integrated Public Health Information System at 1 pm yesterday.
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Canada Count
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, said as of Saturday, May 30, there are now 89,741 Covid-19 cases, including 6,996 deaths and 48,085 or 54% have now recovered.
Labs across Canada have tested over 1,631,000 people for Covid-19 to date, with about 5% of these testing positive overall. “Over the past week, we have been testing an average of 22,300 people daily,” she said.
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I understand they the totals of reported cases. My question is how many cases are still active and how many have occured in courtice and Bowmanville?
Hi, The only stats available are for Clarington as a whole. It has had 85 cases so far of which 6 are in home isolation and one is currently in hospital. 71 cases have been resolved. Clarington saw 7 covid-related deaths- none of which were in LTCHs. Hope this helps.