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April 20, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 20 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: The COVID-19 prevalence has changed in Kingston and KFL&A. There are 2 new cases locally today, 1 case from the community and 1 at Providence Manor. Of 192 COVID-19 tests done at KHSC, 7 were positive (2 from Belleville). This shows that the virus is both present in and circulating closer to Kingston than before. The other 5 positive tests were again (as was the case last week) from communities further to the west (Peterborough) and north (Perth Smith Falls). There remains only 1 COVID-19 patient in KGH and they are in ICU.

April 17, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 17 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: The COVID-19 incidence and prevalence remain stable in Kingston and KFL&A. There are no new cases locally today. There remains only 1 COVID-19 patient in KGH and they are in ICU. This is consistent with a message I have been conveying since the first note: While we stand with our colleagues globally we are guided by local/regional evidence.

April 16, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 16 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: The COVID-19 incidence and prevalence remain stable in Kingston and KFL&A. There are no new cases locally today. There remains only 1 COVID-19 patient in KGH and they are in ICU. Of 263 tests done recently there have been 5 new positives; but again these are from people in and around Peterborough and Lindsay and Perth-Smith Falls. There have only been 2 new cases in the KFL&A area in the past 7 days. Thus we have a much lower rate of positive tests in our region than is seen provincially or nationally.

April 15, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 15 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: The COVID-19 incidence and prevalence remain stable in Kingston and KFL&A. There are a total of 55 cases in the region. There is only 1 COVID-19 patient in KGH and they are in ICU. Our point prevalence for KFLA testing (% positive/total tests) is 3.1 %.

April 14, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 14 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: The COVID-19 incidence and prevalence remain stable in Kingston and KFL&A. There are a total of 55 cases in the region. There is only 1 COVID-19 patient in KGH and they are in ICU. At KHSC we did 1100 tests over the past few days with only 2 positive tests from the Kingston area. Thus we have <1% point prevalence. It is estimated that our peak case load in the SELHIN may occur in mid-May.

April 13, 2020 - Dr. Archer's Update on COVID-19 response from the DOM and Medicine Program

- 13 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: Things are very stable in Kingston and our incidence curve remains flat. There are a total of 55 cases in the region and there have only been 2 new cases in the KFLA region in the past week. There are no new cases in the past 3 days. There are 2 patients with COVID-19 infection currently admitted to KGH on Medicine’s COVID-19 unit. Our point prevalence (% of COVID-19 tests that are positive) remains < 5%. In fact, in the last 3 days only 8/737 tests (1%) tests at the KHSC lab were positive.