The number of COVID related hospitalizations in Hastings Prince Edward rose only slightly today but active cases are back up over the 200 mark.
The Public Health dashboard shows eight people in hospital with three in ICU, both increases of one since Wednesday.
There were 96 new high-risk cases Friday, driving the number of active cases up to 210.
There were 175 active cases on Wednesday.
Outbreaks in high-risk settings dropped by one to eight.
Forty-five people across HPE have died from COVID since the pandemic began.
Eighty-three per cent of local residents aged five and up have received two doses of a COVID vaccine while 88,532 people have received a booster shot.
The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit reported 12 new high-risk cases in Northumberland on Friday and 43 active.
