The Kingston region has seen a significant drop in the number of new COVID-19 cases and there have been 2 new hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.
KFL & A Public Health reported 108 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing active cases to 2,214. 849 tests were administered in the last day, compared to more than 2,300 about two weeks ago.
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The age group with the largest increase in cases was once again the 18-29 age group, accounting for 45 of the 108 new infections.
However, during last week’s press conference, Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Health Officer, said that the health unit was no longer considering case counts as the true metric for measuring the effects of COVID-19. in the region because it does not accurately represent the true number of cases.
Instead, he said, the health unit will seek hospitalizations and ICU admissions.
Currently, at KFL & A there are 15 people hospitalized and nine in the ICU, six of whom are on ventilators.
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