Local COVID hospitalizations have increased by 42 since Tuesday

By Blair Adams

There are 208 patients across the Waterloo Region-Wellington network in hospital with COVID-19. That's up from 166 on Tuesday.

The details were provided by area hospitals on Friday afternoon, which committed to biweekly updates several weeks ago.

As of 9 a.m. Friday, Grand River Hospital and St. Mary's General Hospital each had only one intensive care bed available. Five were available at Cambridge Memorial Hospital.

Of the 208 patients, 98 are being cared for at Grand River Hospital.

The regional lead for the hospitals on COVID-19 response, who is also the president of St. Mary's General Hospital, said the region is on the ascent of the hospitalization curve this wave.

“We appreciate the ongoing cooperation across our hospitals and with community providers to help each other cope day to day and create additional space to care for all patients in our community. As well, we remain grateful to our community who continue to do their part in supporting the current health measures in place. It helps to blunt the impact on our health system given what we are seeing in this region currently.” Lee Fairclough said in a news release.

Meantime, the situation has improved on the staffing front. 388 across the hospital network are currently off because of COVID — down from 509.

The region's dashboard showed 145 patients in hospital with COVID on Friday, but that data is only current to January 19.

 

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