Coronavirus: No new cases for Peterborough, Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge health units

Peterborough Public Health reports there are only four active cases of coronavirus in its region on Wednesday.

In its daily update, the health unit reports no new cases, maintaining the overall total of 91 cases for its jurisdiction which includes Peterborough city and county along with Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation.

Of the 91 cases, 85 have been declared resolved.

Since the pandemic, there have been two deaths related to COVID-19 complications – the last occurring in April.

There are currently no institutional outbreaks.

More than 11,100 people have been tested for the virus. A drive-thru clinic — led by Peterborough County-City Paramedics — was conducted Wednesday at the Lakefield-Smith Community Centre in Lakefield.

The one-day clinics (10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.) continue in Peterborough County at the following locations:

• Thursday, June 11 – Buckhorn (Buckhorn Community Centre, 1782 Lakehurst Rd.)
• Friday, June 12 – Millbrook (Cavan Monaghan Community Centre, 986 Peterborough County Rd. 10)
• Monday, June 15 – Norwood (Asphodel-Norwood Community Centre, 88 Alma St.)
• Tuesday, June 16 – Township of Douro-Dummer (Douro Community Centre, 2893 Hwy. 28 at intersection of County Rd. 4).
• Wednesday, June 17 – Keene (Otonabee Memorial Community Centre (OMCC), 24 Fourth St.)

2:45 COVID-19 drive-thru clinics proving popular in Peterborough area

Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit

For the fourth day in a row, case data for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health remained unchanged on Wednesday with 181 confirmed cases.

There was one new resolved case in Haliburton County, bringing the total to 152.

Of the 181 cases, there are 156 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (129 resolved), 17 in Northumberland County (16 resolved) and all eight cases  in Haliburton County are now resolved.

There have been 32 deaths related to COVID-19 complications within the health unit’s jurisdiction, all in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Twenty-eight of the deaths were residents due to a coronavirus outbreak at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon.

Eleven of the cases in the City of Kawartha Lakes required hospitalization. One case in both counties required hospitalized care.

There are currently no active institutional outbreaks.

2:01 Peterborough daycare closing as others get ready to reopen

• Peterborough daycare closing as others get ready to reopen
• Peterborough-area nail and hair salons prepping for busy days ahead

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