COVID-19 outbreak at London’s provincial jail, declared during the height of the Omicron wave, is beginning to ease, with the number of active cases among inmates now nearly half what it was a week ago.The Middlesex-London Health Unit declared an outbreak at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre on Jan.

4. At the time, there was one confirmed active inmate case, provincial data shows.In that time, at least 83 cases involving inmates and 48 involving correctional staff – a combined total of 131 – have been reported, the health unit says.The number of active inmate cases at the jail hit a peak of 69 on Dec.

12 and 13. The number stood at 57 as of Wednesday, and fell further to 39 as of Friday, according to provincial data and the health unit.At least seven cases were active involving staff at the jail as of Friday.“Members of the MLHU staff are in contact with EMDC to discuss matters related to outbreak prevention and control, including the reinforcement of public health guidance, environmental cleaning and other recommendations,” the health unit said in a statement.It’s not clear if any hospitalizations resulted from any of the reported cases.

Few other details have been made available.The outbreak is at least the second to be declared at the facility during the COVID-19 pandemic, following one that was active from Jan.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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