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January 26: Daily COVID Update

Publication: kawarthaNOW.com, 26 Jan 2021

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The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 825, including 413 in Kawartha Lakes, 365 in Northumberland, and 47 in Haliburton (increase of 5, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland)

*Active cases: 99, including 68 in Kawartha Lakes, 26 in Northumberland, and 5 in Haliburton (no change)

Probable cases: 2 in Kawartha Lakes (no change)

High-risk contacts: 152, including 74 in Kawartha Lakes, 52 in Northumberland, and 13 in Haliburton (no change)**

Hospitalizations (total to date): 31, including 21 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (no change)***

Deaths (including among probable cases): 45, including 39 in Kawartha Lakes and 6 in Northumberland (no change)

Resolved: 687, including 314 in Kawartha Lakes, 331 in Northumberland, 42 in Haliburton (no change)

Institutional outbreaks: Hope St. Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope, Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg, Warkworth Place long-term care home in Warkworth, Caressant Care retirement home in Lindsay, Caressant Care nursing home in Lindsay (decrease of 1)****

*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.

**This total includes an additional 13 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.

***As of January 26, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 2 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, an increase of 1 from yesterday.

****An outbreak at Tower of Port Hope has been declared resolved.

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