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Renfrew County and District Health Unit COVID-19 Case Summary May 20, 2021 Total Confirmed Cases in Current Status of Cases in RCD Renfrew County and District (RCD): 683 Self-Isolation: 26 (200 cases have screened positive for variants of concern [VOC]) Hospitalized: 4 Cases Reported in the Last 7 Days: Hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit: 1 24 Resolved: 644 Incidence Ratea in the Last 7 Days: Deceased: 8 22.1 per 100,000 individuals Cumulative Active Residents of Outbreak Setting Number of Number of Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes: Outbreaks Outbreaks 13 Community 4 0 Health Care Workers (HCWs): 68 Hospital 1 0 (17 HCWs employed outside of RCD) Long-Term Care Home/ 15 0 Community Cases: Retirement Home 559 School (all levels) 7 1 School Cases: Workplace 10 1 Staff=11 Students=32 Total 37 2 Total Number of tests completed for Percent Positivityb of tests completed for RCD RCD residents: residents (May 05-May 11, 2021) 94,138 2.4% RCDHU has responded to 18959 COVID-19 inquiries from residents and community partners since March 18, 2020. a Incidence rate is calculated by dividing the total number of confirmed cases in a 7-day period by the population size, and then multiplying by 100,000. It takes into account the size of the population, and can be compared to other regions. It’s trend (increasing or decreasing) suggests the trajectory of transmission within a region. Data source: Population Projection of Renfrew County and District Health Unit [2020], Ontario Ministry of Health, IntelliHEALTH Ontario b Percent positivity is calculated by dividing the number of tests with a positive result by the total number of tests processed during the same time frame, and then multiplying by 100. A higher percent positivity suggests higher community transmission and that there are likely more people with COVID-19 in the community who haven’t been tested yet. Data source: Ontario Ministry of Health, Ontario Laboratory Information System (OLIS), Visual Analytics Hub. Renfrew County and District Health Unit Active Number Cumulative of Cases Municipality Number of (includes cases that are Cases currently self-isolating or hospitalized) Township of Admaston/Bromley 10 1-4 Town of Arnprior 77 8 Township of Bonnechere Valley 10 1-4 Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch, Raglan 9 0 Town of Deep River 22 1-4 Township of Greater Madawaska 31 0 Township of Head, Clara, Maria 1-4 0 Township of Horton 28 0 Township of Killaloe, Hagarty, Richards 1-4 0 Township of Laurentian Hills 9 1-4 Township of Laurentian Valley 84 11 Township of Madawaska Valley 40 1-4 Township of McNab/Braeside 62 1-4 Nipissing, Unorganized, South Part (Algonquin Park) 0 0 Township of North Algona Wilberforce 6 1-4 City of Pembroke 64 1-4 Town of Petawawa 85 1-4 Pikwakanagan 0 0 Town of Renfrew 45 0 Township of South Algonquin 1-4 0 Township of Whitewater Region 94 1-4 Total 683 31 To protect the privacy of residents living in smaller communities in Renfrew County and District, RCDHU has chosen to suppress all numbers less than 5. .

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