WELLINGTON COUNTY – There are 333 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 throughout the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region as of May 10, a 22 per cent decrease from 427 cases reported on May 3.
As of Tuesday, there are 69 known active cases in Wellington County, 73 in Dufferin County, and 179 in Guelph.
Provincial health officials admit limited access to COVID testing has resulted in an under-representation of how many active cases there truly are in the province.
Hospitalizations
As of May 8, there were 29 people testing positive for the virus who were admitted to WDGPH region hospitals, of which four were in an ICU.
Vaccinations
Across the WDGPH region, as of May 4, there are 156,757 people (58% of those 12 and older) who have received three vaccine doses, 259,060 people (87.8% of those five and older) who have received two doses and 7,802 have received a single dose.
At the county level, as of May 4, there are 49,723 people in Wellington (58.6% of those 12 and older) who have received three vaccine doses, 80,164 people (86.2% of those five and older) who have received two doses, and 2,314 have received a single dose.
Deaths
There has been one new death attributed to COVID-19 in the health region, raising the death toll to 161 COVID-related deaths as of May 10.
Outbreaks
As of May 9, there were no COVID outbreaks declared by WDGPH at any long-term care or retirement homes in the county.
Previously declared outbreaks at the Eden House long-term care facility in Guelph/Eramosa, Heritage River retirement home in Elora, and at Morriston Park long-term care home in Puslinch, have all been ended.
