No new Covid-19 deaths have been added by Durham Heath for two days in a row. The toll for December is 31, while there were five deaths in November.
Durham Health reported 84 new covid cases for December 12, bringing the region’s total to 5,590 cases since the count began on February 29.
Recoveries stand at 4,507, up by 37. There were 865 active covid cases.
According to Durham Health, there were:
- Nineteen new cases in Oshawa
- Fourteen in Pickering
- Twelve each in Ajax and Whitby
- Ten in Clarington, and
- One each in Uxbridge and Scugog
- Eighty cases are under investigation
Thirty-three cases are hospitalized with eight in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and 832 people in home isolation.
Deaths so far total 218, of which 188 were in long term care homes (LTCH). All new deaths were in LTCHs.
Durham Health reported the highest number of cases so far at 1,637 in Ajax.
Death Toll: No new death
Of the 89 reported deaths in Pickering, 86 were in LTCH
Of the 39 reported deaths in Ajax, 33 were in LTCH
Twenty-nine deaths were reported in Whitby, 25 in LTCH
Of the 32 reported deaths in Oshawa, 24 were in LTCH
Eight deaths were reported in Clarington [none in LTCH]
21 deaths were reported in Uxbridge, 20 in LTCH
No deaths have been reported in Scugog
No deaths have been reported in Brock
Note: The data were extracted from the integrated Public Health Information System at 1 pm yesterday.
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