Peterborough Public Health is reporting no new positive cases of COVID-19, leaving the total number of cases in Peterborough city and county, Hiawatha and Curve Lake at 28.
During her daily media briefing on Tuesday (March 31), Peterborough Medical Officer of Health Dr. Rosana Salvaterra said three of those 28 cases have been resolved.
To date, 752 people have been tested with 432 tests coming back negative. Another 292 cases remain under investigation.
Dr. Salvaterra says the local area’s first case of COVID-19 community transmission has been confirmed, meaning the person affected has no travel history or known contact with a person confirmed as COVID-19 positive.
That said, with this being the first evidence of community transmission verified coupled with there being no increase in positive cases, she is cautiously optimistic.
“Overall, these are both good signs but we can’t let our guard down,” she advises, noting the Province has recently advised that all those over age 70 should self-isolate as they are at greater risk for contracting the virus.
Meanwhile, the outbreak at St. Joseph’s at Fleming, “is stable,” reports Dr. Salvaterra.
For the area served by the other health unit in the Kawarthas (Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, which includes Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton), the latest numbers from Tuesday (March 31) indicate there have been 52 positive cases reported and 11 deaths (with nine associated with the outbreak at Pinecrest Nursing Home). Of the total positive cases, 41 are in the City of Kawartha Lakes and 11 in Northumberland County. No positive cases have been identified in Haliburton County.
For the most recent information on COVID-19 in Ontario and the Peterborough area, visit ontario.ca/coronavirus or peterboroughpublichealth.ca.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre is also providing news, updates, information and resources on its website at prhc.on.ca/cms/covid-19-novel-coronavirus.
This story has been updated with the most recent numbers from Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.
