Durham Health yesterday posted 165 new Covid-19 cases for January 27, taking the region’s tally to 49,736 since the count began on February 29, 2020.
At the end of December last year, the total case count had stood at 35,663.
Durham’s overall death toll stands at 416, with 230 of them occurring in LTCs (long term care facilities). Four new deaths have been reported, 2 in Ajax, one in Oshawa and another in Uxbridge.
Recoveries stand at 46,830. However, there are 2,490 active covid cases. Figures for hospitalizations and Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and people in home isolation, were not available.
Durham Health reported the highest overall number of covid cases so far in Ajax.
Covid Deaths: 416
Of the 125 reported deaths in Pickering, 89 were in LTC
Of the 73 reported deaths in Ajax, 33 were in LTC
Of the 66 reported deaths in Whitby, 31 in LTC
Of the 80 reported deaths in Oshawa, 43 were in LTC
23 deaths were reported in Clarington [none in LTC]
27 deaths were reported in Uxbridge, 20 in LTC
18 deaths have been reported in Scugog, 14 in LTC
4 deaths have been reported in Brock
Note: The data were extracted from the integrated Public Health Information System in the afternoon yesterday.