Health unit reports 11 new cases of COVID

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The Brant County Health Unit reported 63 cases of COVID-19 for the week ending Sunday.

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For the week ended August 29, they were 43.

In the past 96 hours – numbers are not released on weekends or holidays – the health unit has reported 26 new cases of COVID-19, including 11 as of Monday.

There are now 77 active cases in Brantford and Brant.

The Brant Community Health Care System reports that eight COVID patients are in care and, of these, three are in intensive care. The BCHU reports nine people hospitalized, the difference being due to the reporting deadlines.

Since the start of the pandemic last March, 3,678 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Brantford-Brant, of whom 3,579 have cured cases.

There have been 25 deaths in communities from the virus.

Since June 14, the BCHU has been reporting COVID-19 cases by vaccination status every Monday. Since that date, 73.45 percent of all cases (166) have been among unvaccinated people, 15.49 percent of cases (35) have been in people who received a vaccine dose and 11.06 percent of the cases (25) were people who were fully vaccinated. .

The health unit reports 1,416 worrying variants. Of these, 792 have the B.1.1.7 line (UK), 110 have the B.1.617 line (India), 89 have the P.1 line (Brazil) and 425 have a mutation detected.

A total of 214,526 vaccine doses were administered by the BCHU, including 107,942 first doses and 105,859 second doses. And 725 third doses were given to immunocompromised people and residents of long-term care facilities and retirement homes.

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According to the BCHU website on Sunday, 78% of area residents aged 12 and older had received at least one dose of the vaccine, of which 72% had received both doses.

The BCHU runs walk-in clinics at 195 Henry Street from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday to Friday. There are also clinics at: Lynden Park Mall, near the entrance to the food court, Tuesday through Friday 10 am to 4 pm; Brant Sports Complex (944, chemin Powerline, Paris) on Wednesdays from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm; and Laurier University (1 Market Street, Brantford) Thursday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Visit www.bchu.org/covid19vaccine/ for more information and details on vaccine deployment in Brant County and covid-19.ontario.ca/ for more information on deployment in Ontario.

An outbreak at Park Lane Terrace LTCH in Paris on August 25 involving three staff members was declared over on Sunday.

There is currently an outbreak at Brantford General Hospital (Unit B6) which was declared on August 25. It concerns a patient and a staff member.

Provincial government guidelines require that an outbreak be declared when a single positive case among staff or residents is reported in retirement and long-term care homes, and group living settings.

Out of Six Nations of the Grand River, there were 36 active cases as of Monday.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 588 confirmed cases, of which 541 have been resolved.

Exact figures were not available, but 42% of the population received a dose of the vaccine, 38% participating in their vaccination series.

There have been 11 virus-related deaths across Six Nations.

On Tuesday, Public Health Ontario reported 1,145 new cases in the past 48 hours. About 78 percent of new cases were from people who were not vaccinated or who were only partially vaccinated.

Five deaths have been reported in the past 48 hours.

In Ontario, a total of 20,985,716 doses of the vaccine were administered and 10,068,507 completed their series.

Among people aged 12 and older in the province, 84 percent received at least one dose of the vaccine while 77 percent received two doses.