COVID caseload drops as grim milestone reached

Jeff Green | Nov 30, 2022

For the first time in two months, all of the COVID indicators were down in Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) last week.

The number of COVID hospitalisations was down to 17, from 31 a week earlier, the test positivity rate was down to 10% from 16%, and COVID concentrations in wastewater were down in all three outlet locations, two in Kingston and one in Amherstview.

4 people remained in intensive care.

There was one additional COVID death reported in KFL&A between November 15 and November 22, which is also down from multiple deaths each week for several. But that death was the 100th in the region since the start of the outbreak.

94 of those deaths have occurred in the last 12 months, while only 6 were recorded during the first 18 months since the first COVID lockdown on March 15, 2020.

While COVID numbers are down, flu and RSV outbreaks continue to be prevalent in the region, and across the Province.

KFL&A Public Health (KFLAPH) continues to encourage residents to seek flu shots and COVID booster shots if they have not already done so, in order to halt the spread of upper respiratory infections. Other measures such as frequent hand washing and masking indoors are being encouraged as well.

The KFLAPH COVID dashboard is updated weekly, on Tuesday afternoons.