28 people with COVID-19 in Guelph hospital, 6 outbreaks in the city

Guelph General Hospital is reporting Wednesday that it is treating 28 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19, while 34 staff members are off work due to the virus.

In the past week, the number of patients has dropped by three, while the number of staff away has dropped by eight.

Across Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, public health reports 38 people are in the hospital with COVID-19, including nine in an intensive care unit.

Guelph’s coronavirus death toll has reached 50 during the pandemic with one new fatal case reported on Monday.

Testing has captured three new cases in the city, raising its total case count to 8,908. However, that is an underestimate of the true widespread transmission of the virus due to recent testing restrictions.

Guelph has at least 226 active cases, while 27 cases are now considered resolved raising that total figure to 8,632.

In Wellington County, 39 new cases have been confirmed, raising the total confirmed case count to 4,292. There are at least 150 active cases in the county and there have been 43 fatal cases during the pandemic.

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There are nine active COVID-19 outbreaks in Guelph and Wellington County health facilities. At least five fatal cases are linked to these outbreaks.

Guelph General Hospital and Homewood Health Centre each declared a second COVID-19 outbreak on Tuesday.

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The latest public health data shows 85.1 per cent of eligible residents in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph — those turning five or older — are considered fully vaccinated, while 89.6 per cent have received at least one vaccine dose.

Nearly 58 per cent of adults over the age of 18 have received a booster in the region.

Looking just at Guelph, 87.3 per cent of all eligible residents are fully vaccinated and 61.3 per cent of adults over 18 have received a booster, while in Wellington County, 84 per cent are fully vaccinated and 59.9 per cent of those eligible have received a booster.

So far this week, about 3,000 vaccines have been administered in the region with about 1,100 being second doses and 1,700 being third-dose booster shots.