4 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Guelph, Active Cases Fall to 24 | The Canadian News

Guelph’s public health unit reported four new COVID-19 cases in the city on Friday, as the total case count during the pandemic rose to 5,153.

The latest data shows that Guelph has 24 active cases, with nine new recoveries reported.

The total number of resolved cases is 5,084, while the city’s 45 fatal case count has remained unchanged for several weeks.

Four new cases were reported in Wellington County on Friday, with a total case count reaching 2,148.

Active cases are at 35 with four reported recoveries. The death toll in the county related to the new coronavirus stood at 38.

In Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, there are three cases treated in a hospital, including one in intensive care.

There are 13 confirmed cases among 10 public and Catholic schools in Guelph and Wellington County, including three cases at Waverley Drive Public School, where an outbreak remains.

The University of Guelph says there is a COVID-19 case connected to campus.

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Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health said 86.6 percent of eligible residents, those who turn 12 in 2021 or older, consider themselves fully vaccinated, while 88.8 percent have received a dose of the vaccine. .

In Guelph, 91.9 percent of eligible residents are fully vaccinated and 94.1 percent are partially vaccinated, while in Wellington County, 79.3 percent are fully vaccinated and 81.1 percent are fully vaccinated. hundred have received a dose.

These numbers are expected to decline when Health Canada approves vaccines for children ages five to 11.

Public health is publishing COVID-19 vaccination rates at local elementary and middle schools.

As of Friday, 81.3 percent of eligible students on the Upper Grand District School Board have been fully vaccinated, while 83.9 percent have received two doses on the Wellington Catholic District School Board.

Vaccination rates in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph and school boards will decline when Health Canada approves vaccines for children ages five to 11.