Peterborough Public Health reported 67 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 and two new outbreaks over the long weekend, according to data released late Tuesday afternoon.
No case update was provided Monday due the Family Day holiday so the health unit’s COVID-19 tracker, issued at 4:33 p.m., reported the following data over the past three days for the jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation:
Deaths: 57 since the pandemic was declared — unchanged since Feb. 18.
New PCR-confirmed cases: 67 since the Friday, Feb. 18 update.
PCR lab-confirmed active cases: 204 — unchanged from Feb. 18. The health unit notes the number of active cases being reported is an “underestimation” due to changes to PCR testing availability effective Dec. 31, 2021.
Cumulative lab-confirmed cases: 5,487 since the pandemic was declared in March 2020.
Hospitalized cases: Peterborough Regional Health Centre on Tuesday afternoon reported 11 inpatients with COVID-19 — two more since Feb. 18. The hospital reports one patient transfer related to provincial directives so far in 2022.
The health unit Tuesday reported 205 cumulative hospitalized cases since the pandemic’s beginning — one more since Feb. 18 — and 33 cases (unchanged) have been admitted to an intensive care unit since March 2020.
Resolved cases: 67 more since Feb. 18. The 5,226 cumulative resolved cases make up approximately 95.1 per cent of all lab-confirmed cases since the pandemic was declared.
Clinics/testing: The health unit updates its list of clinics on its website offering first, second and third doses for youth ages 12-17 and to adults and first doses for children aged five to 11. Walk-ins are available for any eligible age or dose at the Healthy Planet Arena in Peterborough.
All other sites require appointments to be booked on Ontario’s online portal or by calling the provincial vaccine booking call centre at 1-833-943-3900.
Vaccination: Daily updates are posted on the COVID-19 tracker. Of note, 329,532 doses have been administered since Jan. 26, 2021.
- Eligible residents (ages five and up): 86.9 per cent have one dose; 83.4 per cent have two doses and 53.6 per cent have three doses.
- Adults (age 18 and up): 89.7 per cent have one dose; 87.7 per cent have two doses and 61.3 per cent have three doses.
- Youth (ages five to 11): 54.9 per cent have one dose and 32.5 per cent have two doses.
- Youth (ages 12-17): 83.1 per cent have one dose, 79.8 per cent have two doses and four per cent have three doses.
- Doses: 123,082 residents have received a first dose while 118,043 have received two doses and 75,825 have received a third (booster) dose.
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.
Testing continues at Peterborough Regional Health Centre’s assessment centre at 1 Hospital Dr. More information about booking a test through the COVID-19 Assessment Centre can be found on the health unit’s website.
Rapid antigen tests: 18 pharmacies and grocery retailers in Peterborough, and one pharmacy each in Lakefield, Norwood and Keene are offering kits. Visit the government’s website for updated availability
Outbreaks
Two new outbreaks were reported since Feb. 18: Pleasant Meadow Manor declared on Tuesday and a congregate living facility (No. 26) in Peterborough which was declared on Sunday.
Other active outbreaks:
- Fairhaven long-term care in Peterborough: Declared Feb. 17. As of Tuesday morning, the home reported 11 active cases (nine residents and two staff), up from six cases on Feb. 18 (five residents and one staff).
- Congregate living facility (no. 25) in Peterborough: Declared Feb. 17.
- Congregate living facility (No. 23) in Peterborough: Declared Feb. 11
- Maple View Retirement Residence in Norwood: Declared Feb. 3
Outbreaks were declared resolved over the weekend at Kawartha Heights Retirement Living (declared Jan. 14) and at three congregate living facilities in the city (no. 24 declared Feb. 12, no. 22 declared Feb. 4, no 9 declared Jan. 6)
There have been 901 cases (six more since Feb. 18) associated with 107 outbreaks since the pandemic was declared — 134 cases in the past 30 days and nine cases over the past seven days.