12th COVID-related death on P.E.I.

The P.E.I. Chief Public Health Office is reporting the 12th COVID-related death of the pandemic.

There are 10 COVID-19 related hospitalizations, includingone in the intensive care unit. There are six other people in hospital who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19 on admission or after.

The death is the youngest person to die on P.E.I., a person 40-59.

There are 199 new cases of COVID-19 and 273 new recoveries.

A case is deemed recovered if it has been seven days (if fully vaccinated) or 10 days (if not fully vaccinated) since symptoms began, according to the Chief Public Health Office (CPHO).If a case was asymptomatic (no symptoms), the CPHOuses the date of the test as Day 0 to start the seven or 10 days.

Over the last seven days there have been an average of 212 cases per day.

There are2,207 active cases of COVID-19 on P.E.I., and have been a total of8,764 cases.

COVID-19 exposures at P.E..I's English and French-languageschoolsare listed on the Public Schools Branchand French Language School Board's websitea, respectively.

Outbreaks in high-risk settings

There are 23 early learning and child-care centres with outbreaks. Four centres are open, five centres are closed and 14 centres are operating at modified or reduced capacity.

• Long-term care facilities:
  • Andrews of Park West.
  • Atlantic Baptist.
  • Beach Grove Home.
  • Clinton View Lodge.
  • Garden Home.
  • South Shore Villa.
  • Summerset Manor.
• Community care facilities:
  • Bevan Lodge.
  • Corrigan Home.
• Hospitals:
  • Community Hospital O'Leary.
  • Prince County Hospital.
• Other congregate settings:
  • Population that accesses shelter and outreach services in Charlottetown.
  • Prince County Correctional Centre.

As of Wednesday, 96.8 per cent of Islanders12 and above have received at least one dose of vaccine,93.5 per cent were fully vaccinated and66.2 per cent of children agedfiveto 11 have had one dose of vaccine.