Last Friday, LHSC was caring for 44 inpatients, with six in adult intensive care. There are five or fewer COVID-19 inpatients in Children’s Hospital with five or fewer in pediatric critical care.
The same figures were reported last Friday.LHSC says of its 43 COVID-19 inpatients, 13 are being treated for COVID-19, while 30 are being treated with COVID-19, meaning they were admitted for a different reason and were found to have an incidental COVID-19 infection.
Long COVID — Almost a third of people report lingering symptoms, study finds As patient numbers have fallen in recent weeks, staff cases climbed but data on staff cases has not been updated since Monday.
LHSC said “we are currently validating our data and will post when it is available.”As of Monday, the most recent data available, 232 staff members at LHSC were positive for COVID-19.