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May 8, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 8 May 2020

COVID-19 Update: There are no new cases of COVID-19 in our region today. The running total for the epidemic thus remains 61 cases in the KFL&A region and 60 people have already recovered. There is only1 COVID-19 patient in our region and they are an outpatient. The SARS-CoV2 positive test prevalence is 1.1% in KFL&A.

May 7, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 7 May 2020

COVID-19 Update: There are no new cases of COVID-19 in our region today. The running total for the epidemic thus remains 61 cases in the KFL&A region and 57 people have already recovered. There is 1 COVID-19 patient in our region and they are an outpatient. The SARS-CoV2 positive test prevalence is 1.1% in KFL&A. This contrasts with a ~5 % rate of test positivity for the province as a whole, a reminder of our low local incidence.

May 6, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 6 May 2020

COVID-19 Update: There are no new cases of COVID-19 in our region today. The running total for the epidemic thus remains 61 cases in the KFL&A region and 57 people have already recovered. The SARS-CoV2 positive test prevalence is 1.2%. This contrasts with a 5.3% rate of test positivity for the province as a whole, a reminder of our low local incidence.

May 5, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 5 May 2020

COVID-19 Update: There are no new cases of COVID-19 in our region today. The running total for the epidemic thus remains 61 cases in the KFL&A region and 57 people have already recovered. The SARS-CoV2 positive test prevalence is 1.3%. Thus, the prevalence and incidence of the disease remains low in KFL&A. There are no COVID-19 patients in KGH today. Because of the absence of inpatient COVID-19 patients locally we have temporarily repurposed Connell 3 and will re-designate Kidd 10 as our COVID-19 ward.

May 4, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 4 May 2020

COVID-19 Update: There are no new cases of COVID-19 in our region today. The running total for the epidemic thus remains 61 cases in the KFL&A region. The SARS-CoV2 positive test prevalence is 1.3% (1.3% of all local tests were positive). Thus, the prevalence and incidence of the disease remains low in KFL&A. There are no COVID-19 patients in KGH today. We did 883 COVID-19 tests from Friday to Sunday.

May 1, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 1 May 2020

COVID-19 Update: There are no new cases of COVID-19 in our region today. The running total for the epidemic is thus 61 cases in the KFL&A region. The SARS-CoV2 test prevalence is 1.5% for our region (meaning 1.5% of local tests are positive). Thus, the prevalence and incidence of the disease remains low in KFL&A. There are no COVID-19 patients in KGH today. Locally we did 391 COVID-19 tests yesterday and 3 were positive, with 1 of these being from Perth-Smith falls and 2 from the Peterborough area.