Posted: Oct 12, 2023 12:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour agoLocal COVID and flu vaccine campaigns take steps forward.It has a moderate amount of respiratory syncytial virus activity and a low level of flu.
Because of this, OPH again says the city's health-care institutions remain at a high risk from respiratory illnesses, like they would be in December, January and February.New data shows hospital admissions due to respiratory syncytial virus surged among children after pandemic restrictions were lifted. Now pediatric doctors are bracing for another bad season of the virus that is particularly acute in children.
OPH says there are a stable 25 active COVID outbreaks, though there are a very high amount of new outbreaks. Most outbreaks are in care homes. The health unit reported 187 more COVID cases in the last week and three more COVID deaths, all people age 80 and above.The average COVID-19 test positivity rate rises to 23 per cent in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit , is a stable 14 per cent in Renfrew County and a moderate, stable 15 per cent in the Kingston area.The Kingston area's health unit says it has a very high 15 active COVID-19 patients in its hospitals, including anyone living in a different health unit.
The number of hospitalizations in LGL is stable at seven this week after a quick rise in last week's update. Renfrew County has a stable three and the EOHU, a stable 15.Western Quebec has a stable 49 hospital patients with COVID.Quebecers can now get a new COVID-19 shot. What you need to know about the virus and vaccines