Ontario reported 2,578 new COVID-19 cases today with 24 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 28 new cases, with 13 resolved.
Three new deaths were reported bringing the total to 45 since the pandemic began.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases in the region is 37 per day.
There are three new cases in St. Thomas, and one each in Bayham and Central Elgin.
There are 382 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 89 in Tillsonburg, 69 in St. Thomas, 45 in Woodstock, 41 in Norwich, 37 in Aylmer, 21 in East Zorra-Tavistock, 20 in Ingersoll, 13 Bayham, 12 in Central Elgin, 11 in Zorra, nine in SW Oxford, eight in Southwold, four in West Elgin, two in Malahide and one in Blandford-Blenheim.
Currently 12 people are hospitalized with four of those individuals in the ICU.
Eighty-one residents and 51 staff members at Maple Manor in Tillsonburg have tested positive, with 40 residents and 37 staff at People Care in Tavistock, one staff member at Terrace Lodge in Malahide, two residents and one staff member at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock, two staff members at Extendicare in Port Stanley, two residents at Caressant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas, five staff and 13 residents at Trillium Retirement Home in Norwich, one staff member at Chartwell Oxford Gardens in Woodstock and Seasons Retirement Home in St. Thomas and one resident at Dayspring Residence in Tillsonburg.
One hundred and eight-four of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 43 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 1,641.
There are 180.6 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 290.6 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 177.3 cases per 100,000 population and 493.9 per 100,000 in Aylmer.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 169 tests last Wednesday.
