Niagara Falls and Fort Erie postal codes reporting high COVID-19 positivity
Published January 22, 2022 at 6:19 pm

Niagara Falls and Fort Erie are in the province’s top 50 for highest COVID-19 positivity this week.
Toronto-based research group ICES listed the top 50 postal codes in Ontario with high COVID-19 positivity for the week of Jan. 9 to 15.
Two are in Niagara region:
L2H at 32.94% (Niagara Falls)
39th highest positivity in Ontario
According to ICES, Ontario’s overall positivity for the week of Jan. 9 to 15 has fallen to 22.0%, with 480 postal codes reporting positivity of 10% or higher (down 20 from last week).
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.
For the week of Jan. 9 to 15, Niagara region had the 8th worst COVID-19 positivity out of Ontario’s 34 public health units (PHUs), reporting 26.64% positivity.
The province overall is listed 14th at 22.00% positivity.

Top 15 PHUs are listed above
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