Ontario reported a record 1,924 new cases of COVID-19 today (Sunday) while Southwestern Public Health is advising of 17 new cases, including five in Aylmer, four in Bayham and three in St. Thomas. The remainder are in Oxford County. Three cases were resolved.
There are 93 confirmed ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 21 in Woodstock, 19 in St. Thomas, 17 in Aylmer, 11 in Ingersoll, six in Tillsonburg, five in Bayham and Zorra, four in Norwich, two in Blandford-Blenheim and SW Oxford and a single case in Southwold.
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 Terrace Lodge in Aylmer has tested positive.
There are no hospitalizations at this time.
Seventy 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 530.
There are 44.0 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 51.0 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.
