Ontario reported 2,961 new COVID-19 cases today with 74 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 40 new cases this morning, with 41 cases resolved. Two new deaths have been reported, neither in long-term care homes and that brings the death count in the region to 37 since the pandemic began.
There are 362 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 117 in Tillsonburg, 67 in St. Thomas, 42 in Woodstock, 38 in Aylmer, 34 in Norwich, 16 in East Zorra-Tavistock, 13 in Ingersoll, eight in SW Oxford, six in Central Elgin, Bayham and Zorra, four in West Elgin, two in Southwold and one each in Dutton-Dunwich, Malahide and Blandford-Blenheim.
Currently 16 people are hospitalized with three of those individuals in the ICU.
Eighty residents and 48 staff members at Maple Manor in Tillsonburg have tested positive, with 40 residents and 33 staff at People Care in Tavistock, two staff at Terrace Lodge in Malahide, two residents and two staff members at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock, one staff member at Extendicare in Port Stanley and Goodness Retirement Living in St. Thomas, one resident at Caressant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas and five staff and 12 residents at Trillium Retirement Home in Norwich.
One hundred and seventy-nine of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 45 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 1,466.
There are 171.2 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 257.1 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 172.2 cases per 100,000 population and 507.2 per 100,000 in Aylmer.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 224 tests on Monday.
