Peterborough Public Health reports nearly 72 per cent of eligible residents are fully vaccinated, according to COVID-19 vaccination data released Wednesday afternoon.
In its update issued at 4:10 p.m., the health unit reported 71.6 per cent of the eligible population (age 12 and older) in its jurisdiction are fully vaccinated — a first and second dose — up from 69.6 per cent a week ago.
As well, 79.9 per cent of eligible residents have received at least one vaccine dose — up from 79.4 per cent a week ago.
Age groups:
- Adults (age 18 and up): 80.4 per cent with one dose; 72.7 with two doses
- Youth (age 12-17): 72.1 per cent with one dose; 54.4 per cent with two doses
There have been 206,583, total doses administered at area clinics — an additional 3,498 since the Aug. 4 report. The health unit says 104,708 residents have received one dose (589 more since Aug. 4). Moreover, 93,822 have received two doses (an additional 2,673 since Aug. 4).
The health unit serves Peterborough, all municipalities within Peterborough County, along with Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation.
Case data
There were no new cases reported for the region on Wednesday, keeping the number of active cases at two.
There were also no new resolved cases reported on Wednesday. The 1,622 cumulative resolved cases make up approximately 98.6 per cent of the 1,646 cases in the health unit’s jurisdiction
The number of variant cases also remained at 827. The health unit confirmed its first Delta variant case on June 19 and its first confirmed variant case on Feb. 23.
Other data from the health unit on Wednesday:
- Close contacts: 15, down from 17 reported on Tuesday.
- Outbreaks: None active. The health unit has dealt with 310 COVID-19 cases associated with 52 outbreaks since the pandemic was declared in March 2020.
- Testing: More than 56,250 people have been tested for COVID-19 — an additional 50 since Tuesday’s update.
- Hospitalizations: At least 83 cases have required hospitalized care since the pandemic was declared. Seventeen of the cases required the intensive care unit. The ICU admissions make up one per cent of all the health unit’s cases.
- Peterborough Regional Health Centre: Reports no COVID-19 inpatients. There have been at least 76 patient transfers from other areas.
- Deaths: 22 — the latest on June 29. Since the pandemic was declared, two deaths have been linked to an outbreak at Empress Gardens Retirement Residence in Peterborough. Another death was linked to the Severn Court Student Residence outbreak in February in Peterborough, while three were tied to a November 2020 outbreak at Fairhaven long-term care.
- Trent University: Reports no cases.
- Fleming College: Reports no cases related to its campuses.
- COVID-19 exposure: 76.7 per cent of all cases in the health unit’s jurisdiction are from contact with another existing COVID-19 case, 19.5 per cent are connected with community spread, 3.5 per cent related to travel and 0.3 per cent have yet to be determined.
Vaccination clinics
The health unit is hosting walk-in clinics for first and second COVID-19 vaccine doses at the Healthy Planet Arena on Monaghan Road. No appointment is needed. Clinics will be held in the multi-purpose room, shifting from the arena ice surface.
The Peterborough Regional Health Centre has the following first- and second-dose clinics this month, each running from 8 a.m. to noon:
- Tuesday, Aug. 17
- Thursday, Aug. 19
Vaccination appointments can also be made via the provincial call centre at 1-833-943-3900, available daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., or any time online on the provincial website.
A number of Peterborough and area pharmacies offer vaccinations to eligible recipients. Appointments are required and can be made by calling the respective pharmacies or visiting the Ontario government’s website.
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