COVID-19: 5 new cases for Peterborough area as active cases climb to 39; close contacts surpass 400

Peterborough Public Health reported another five new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday as active cases continue to climb and close contracts surpassed more than 400.

In its update issued around 4:05 p.m, the regional health unit — which serves Peterborough, Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation — issued the following data:

• New cases since Wednesday: 5
• Active cases: 39  — up from 36 reported on Wednesday.
• Variant of concern cases: 970 — an 17 additional cases since Wednesday (953). The health unit confirmed its first Delta variant case on June 19 and its first confirmed variant case on Feb. 23.
• Total confirmed cases: 1,734 since the pandemic was declared in March 2020.
• Resolved cases: 1,673 — an additional two cases since Wednesday (1,671) Resolved cases make up approximately 97.8 per cent of all cases.
• Deaths: 22 (unchanged) The latest death was reported on June 29.
• Close contacts: 423, up from 179 reported on Wednesday. There were 69 reported on Tuesday. A close contact is a person who is known to have had close contact with someone who was infected with COVID-19. People who are close contacts have to self-isolate for 14 days from the last time they had contact with a person infected with COVID-19.
• Peterborough Regional Health Centre: Reports one COVID-19 inpatient. There have been at least 76 patient transfers from other areas.

Other data:

• Testing: More than 58,250 people have been tested for COVID-19 — an additional 100 since Wednesday.
• Outbreaks: None active. The health unit has dealt with 312 COVID-19 cases associated with 52 outbreaks since the pandemic was declared in March 2020.
• Hospitalizations: 87 cases have required hospitalized care (unchanged since Sept. 3) — approximately 5.1 per cent of all cases — while 18 of the cases required the intensive care unit. ICU admissions make up one per cent of the cases.
• Trent University: Case tracker currently unavailable.
• Fleming College: Reports no cases related to its campuses.
• COVID-19 exposure: 75.7 per cent of all cases in the health unit’s jurisdiction are from contact with another existing COVID-19 case, 20 per cent are connected with community spread, 3.8 per cent related to travel and 0.5 per cent have yet to be determined.

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On Wednesday the health unit released its weekly vaccination rate data which can be found in this Global News story.

This month, the health unit is hosting a number of walk-in vaccination clinics in Peterborough for anyone age 12 and older, offering first and second doses. Clinics this week include:

• Thursday, Sept. 9: Crestwood Secondary School, 1885 Sherbrooke St. W. (in library): 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Friday, Sept. 10: Healthy Planet Arena (911 Monaghan Road) 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and at Adam Scott Collegiate Vocational Institute, 175 Langton St. (in cafeteria) 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

All testing and medical assessments for COVID-19 in Peterborough is now consolidated at Peterborough Regional Health Centre’s assessment centre at 1 Hospital Dr. No appointment is necessary.

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.