Ontario reported 2,964 new COVID-19 cases today while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 44 new cases this morning, with 20 cases resolved. There were 8 new cases in St. Thomas, 3 in Aylmer and one in Southwold. There have been 14 COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
There are 368 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 91 in Tillsonburg, 69 in St. Thomas, 50 in Aylmer, 44 in Woodstock, 35 in East Zorra-Tavistock, 20 in Norwich, 12 in Bayham and Zorra, seven in Ingersoll and SW Oxford, five in Central Elgin, Southwold and Blandford-Blenheim and three each in Malahide and West Elgin.
Currently 19 people are hospitalized with six of those individuals in the ICU.
Forty-nine residents and 32 staff members at Maple Manor in Tillsonburg have tested positive, with 32 residents and 23 staff at People Care in Tavistock, three staff at Chartwell in Aylmer, two staff at Seasons Retirement Home in St. Thomas, five staff at Terrace Lodge in Malahide, three staff at Bethany Care Home in Norwich, two residents at Elgin Manor in Southwold and one staff member at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock.
One hundred and eighty-three of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 49 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 1,038.
There are 175.4 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 132.2 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 598.8 cases per 100,000 population and 3,497.1 per 100,000 in Aylmer.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 271 tests on Wednesday.
