Hamilton averaging close to two COVID-19 deaths over the last seven days, says top doc

COVID-19 has been increasing in recent weeks amid a pandemic wave spurred on by the Omicron variant.New public health data indicates the average number occurring per day hit close to three (2.86) last Wednesday and has been almost two per day since last Tuesday.The last time Hamilton faced similar numbers was during the third wave of the pandemic almost exactly a year ago, when the average hit 3.14 on Jan.

15, 2021.The city’s medical officer of health says the numbers are being watched “very closely” and compared with the number of cases currently affecting the surrounding community.

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These are … people who had families who were loved and who are grieving their loss very much as we go forward,” Richardson said.“So we’ll continue to look for any trends, anything that can help us to improve the response that we’re doing as they go through that review,”Richardson says the city is awaiting a “larger scale review” from the province tracking patterns across Ontario that tie hospitalizations to ICU admissions and ultimately the reported deaths.So far the city has had 35 COVID-related deaths in the first three weeks in January.The seven-day average dropped to 1.86 infection-related deaths as of Saturday.Excluding kids aged five to 11, Hamiltonians in the 12-to-17 age group represent the lowest vaccination rates of those eligible in the community at just over 80 per cent having had a pair of doses.Over 280 people are currently hospitalized in the city for COVID as of Jan.