Durham Health yesterday reported 84 new covid cases for December 6 – but no new covid death.
It also updated the number of Covid-19 deaths to 13 in the past eight days.
This brings the region’s total to 5,119 covid cases since the count began on February 29.
Recoveries stand at 4,136, up by 40. There are 786 active covid cases in Durham.
According to Durham Health, there were:
- Twenty new cases in Oshawa
- Nineteen in Ajax
- Fifteen in Whitby
- Fourteen in Pickering
- Four in Clarington, and
- Three in Brock
- Eighty-five cases are under investigation
Twenty-two cases are hospitalized with five in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and 764 people in home isolation.
Deaths so far total 197, of which 167 were in long term care homes (LTCH).
Durham Health reported the highest number of cases so far at 1,519 in Ajax, followed by 1,192 in Pickering.
Death Toll: One new death added in Oshawa
Of the 89 reported deaths in Pickering, 86 were in LTCH
Of the 39 reported deaths in Ajax, 33 were in LTCH
Thirteen deaths were reported in Whitby, nine in LTCH
Of the 27 reported deaths in Oshawa, 19 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.
