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February 15, 2022
PEI COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, February 15
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island –Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced that there are seven individuals in hospital who have COVID-19.
There are three people in hospital due to COVID-19 and four people in hospital who were admitted for other reasons and were COVID positive on admission or tested positive after being admitted.
As of 8:00 am on Tuesday, February 15, there are 158 new cases of COVID-19. These new cases are still under investigation.
There are currently 1,885 active cases of COVID-19 and there have been 10,658 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Over the last seven days there have been an average of 184 cases per day.
Health PEI is urging eligible Islanders who are not yet fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to take advantage of the many appointments still available at clinics across the province over the next week, including hundreds of walk-in opportunities to get a booster dose.
Anyone 12 years of age and older can get their COVID-19 vaccination – first and second dose – at a Health PEI vaccination clinic or at one of the many partner pharmacies across the province. Booster doses are also being offered at clinics and partner pharmacies to those 18 years of age and older who received their second dose five and a half months earlier. Island children 5 to 11 years of age can receive their COVID-19 vaccine at a Health PEI vaccination clinic.
The outbreak at the Prince County Hospital and the outbreak at the Garden Home are now declared over.
Update on the locations of current outbreaks in high-risk settings:- Long Term Care Facilities (three facilities with outbreaks):
- Andrews of Park West
- Clinton View Lodge
- South Shore Villa
- Community Care Facilities:
- Corrigan Home
- Early Learning and Child Care Centres:
- 24 centres with cases or outbreaks of COVID-19
- Eight centres open
- Five centre closed
- 11 centres operating at a modified or reduced capacity
- Hospitals:
- Community Hospital O’Leary
- Other congregate settings:
- Prince County Correctional Centre
Island schools with cases are listed on the Public Schools Branch and Commission scolaire de langue française websites.
As of Sunday, February 13, 97 per cent of Island residents over the age of 12 years received at least one dose of vaccine and 93.7 per cent were fully vaccinated. 68.6 per cent of children ages 5 to 11 had one dose of vaccine. Almost 70,000 third doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
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