It seems the number of people in the Quinte area suffering from colds of various kinds is on the increase.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health reports there were 431 visits to local emergency departments by people with respiratory illness in the week starting November 17 and ending on Nov. 23, up from 419 visits in the week before.
Meanwhile, 12 people were in hospital with COVID-19, down from 18 the week previous.
So far this season the highest number of people in hospital due to COVID-19 was 22 in the week starting November 3.
There are two respiratory illness outbreaks at long-term care homes in the area. One is for influenza at Westhill Retirement Residence, formerly Maple Manor and the other is for COVID-19 in the north wing at Trenton’s Crown Ridge Place.
See the respiratory illness dashboard here.
