The HKPR district health unit region has 3 new COVID-19 cases as of today (Dec 16), all of which are in Northumberland County.
Meanwhile, Ontario is reporting two-thousand-139 more cases of COVID-19 today.
The province says 43 more people have died from the virus.
Of the active cases, 932 people are hospitalized including 256 people in intensive care.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says 780 cases were in Toronto, 528 in Peel Region, 148 in York Region and 143 in Durham.
Northumberland also has 43 unresolved cases, compared to 9 for the Kawartha’s and 1 in the Haliburton Region.
High risk contacts now sits at 125 in Northumberland, 25 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in the Haliburton Region. High risk contacts refers to individuals who are known to have been in contact with a Confirmed or Probable case.
According to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit that brings the total number of confirmed cases in our health unit region to 419 since the start of the pandemic.
To find out more on local cases, check out https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiOTJkYWRmODgtYzg5Ni00MmMyLWIzODgtNDU4ODYxZTVlNzc3IiwidCI6IjdkYzFmZjlkLTA1ZjEtNGNhNi1iYWZlLTIyNmZmNWYxNmJkYSJ9.
And on the weekend (Dec 12/13), new cases among students were reported at Merwin Greer Public School in Cobourg and Northumberland Hills Public School in Castleton, according to the Kawartha Pine Ridge (KPR) District School Board.
There are also cases at other schools, which include:
>Brighton Public School: 1 student case, reported December 11th
>Spring Valley Public School, Brighton: 1 staff case, reported December 9th
>East Northumberland Secondary School, Brighton: 1 student case, 1 staff case, with outbreak declared December 2nd
All schools do remain open. Letters have been sent out by the schools’ principals, stating that the positive cases will remain at home until the health unit advises they may return to school and that the health unit will identify any possible close contacts.
The summary of COVID-19 cases in schools can be tracked here: https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-cases-schools-and-child-care-centres.
