COVID-19 can cause the brain to shrink, memory loss, U.K. study finds At least 130 staff cases are currently active at LHSC, down from 136 on Monday, March 7.
Monday’s tally was the first update to be released by LHSC since Feb. 28, when it reported 232 active cases.In a statement, Carol Young-Ritchie, LHSC’s executive VP and chief nursing executive, explained the delay in data reporting was due to data verification following a change in screening criteria.“We don’t test all our staff, we have screening criteria.
That screening criteria then leads to a test if one of our staff members need it,” she said.“As the screening criteria changed, we also changed our data collection for that.
So we’ve just made sure our processes are correct and we’re reporting that now daily.”At St. Joseph’s Health Care London, officials reported 54 active cases among health-care workers as of Monday along with three cases involving patients or residents at Parkwood Institute’s Main Building.The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported two new COVID-19-related deaths on Tuesday as well as 62 new cases.Due to changes in eligibility for PCR testing, daily case counts are not considered a fully reliable reflection of COVID-19 activity in the region.Tuesday’s update brings the month’s death toll to four.