Lambton Public Health on Exmouth Street in Sarnia. 27 April 2020. (BlackburnNews.com photo by Colin Gowdy)Lambton Public Health on Exmouth Street in Sarnia. 27 April 2020. (BlackburnNews.com photo by Colin Gowdy)
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SL reports 19th COVID death of 2022

By Colin Gowdy
January 23, 2022 - 4:12pm

Sarnia-Lambton's health unit has now reported 19 COVID-related deaths in 2022.

Lambton Public Health tallied the most recent death Sunday morning, bringing the community total to 102.  Details about the latest fatality, including age and gender, were not immediately available.

Bluewater Health is reporting 52 COVID-positive patients in hospital, up one from Saturday.  Of those, seven patients are in the ICU, unchanged over the past 24 hours.

There were also 69 new cases reported Sunday, bringing the total to 8,379.  Resolved cases are up 59 to 7,670.

There are 607 active cases across Sarnia-Lambton and 17 active outbreaks.

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