Mississauga and Brampton currently have 6th highest COVID-19 positivity in the province
Published January 29, 2022 at 11:43 am
Peel Region (Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon) is currently the public health unit (PHU) with the sixth highest COVID-19 positivity in the province.
Toronto-based research group ICES ranked all 34 of Ontario’s PHUs by COVID-19 positivity for the week of Jan. 16 to 22.
Peel is sixth at 22.99% positivity, down from 30.63% the previous week, when it was listed third.
The province overall is listed 18th at 18.41% positivity.
Top 15 PHUs are listed above
For the week of Jan. 16 to 22, Mississauga had one postal code in the top 50 for highest COVID-19 positivity, while Brampton/Caledon had three.
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ICES also says case counts reported since December 31, 2021 represent an underestimate of the true number of individuals with COVID-19, due to changes in eligibility for SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing.
