Numbers inch south in latest COVID-19 report from LGL Health Unit

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Lanark, Leeds, and Grenville is down after a weekend bump.

Wednesday’s mid-week report shows there are now five people in local hospitals with the virus, down from eight in Monday’s report. There is one in an ICU, unchanged from the last report.

The number of fatalities has held steady at 109.

The number of confirmed high risk cases is 149 since last Saturday, that’s down from the same point last week.

As for outbreaks, there are now nine, up by one, with eight in congregate care facilities and one in communal living.

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