The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reported a weekend of no cases of the novel coronavirus.
In its update issued at 1:15 p.m. Monday, the number of COVID-19 cases was 234, unchanged since the health unit’s last update on Friday afternoon.
Leading the case count is the City of Kawartha Lakes with 178, of which 159 are resolved and there are no active cases. Eleven cases required hospitalization.
In the municipality, COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 32 residents, 28 of them associated with a springtime outbreak at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon.
Northumberland County still reports 41 cases of which 34 are resolved. There are currently six active cases. Three cases in the county required hospitalized care.
The active cases and source of acquisition:
- A woman in her 50s (reported Sept. 18) — close contact
- A man in his 60s (reported Sept. 14) — close contact
- A man in his 20s (reported Sept. 14) — unknown acquisition (community transmission)
- A man in his 50s (reported Sept. 14) — close contact
- A man in his 40s (reported Sept. 13) — close contact
- A man in his 20s (reportedd Sept 11) — close contact
The first COVID-19 death in the county occurred on Sept. 8 — a woman in her 80s whose case was reported on Aug. 26.
All 15 cases in Haliburton County have been resolved. One of the cases required hospitalized care, and there have been no deaths.
Overall, of the health unit’s 234 cases, 208 are resolved (approximately 89 per cent).
Current high-risk contacts (defined as asymptomatic individuals who are known to have been in contact with a confirmed or probable case) are as follows:
Six in the City of Kawartha Lakes (up from one reported on Friday)
Four in Northumberland County (down from six reported on Friday)
Two in Haliburton County (unchanged since Friday)
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