One area in Mississauga still has a high COVID-19 positivity rate
Published August 21, 2021 at 2:23 am
One area in Mississauga is among those with the highest COVID-19 percent positivity rates (percentage of positive COVID-19 tests in the area) in Ontario.
Toronto-based research group ICES listed postal code areas in Ontario with the highest percent positivity rates for the week of August 8 to 14.
Of the top 50 listed, one is in Mississauga: Postal code L4Y (area of Tomken and Dundas St E), which is reporting 5.29% positivity.
The same data for the week indicates that out of all of Ontario’s 34 public health units, Peel Region (Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon) has the fifth worst COVID-19 percent positivity in the province, higher than Ontario overall.
The full data is available to read here.
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