Ontario reported a record 1,859 new cases of COVID-19 today (Saturday) while Southwestern Public Health is advising of 13 new cases. Six cases were resolved.
There are 82 confirmed ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 22 in Woodstock, 16 in St. Thomas, 15 in Aylmer, 10 in Ingersoll, five in Norwich and Tillsonburg, four in Zorra, two in Blandford-Blenheim and one each in Southwold, Bayham and SW Oxford.
Two students have tested positive at East Elgin Secondary School in Aylmer and one each at St. Joseph’s High School and Forest Park Public School in St. Thomas.
One staff member at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock has tested positive.
There are no hospitalizations at this time.
Sixty-two of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 19 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 527.
There are 37.4 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 49.8 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 283 tests on Tuesday, the last numbers reported.
