The province is reporting 904 new COVID-19 cases this morning while Southwestern Public Health is reporting five new cases. A total of 11 cases were resolved. There was one new case in St. Thomas.
No new deaths were recorded and the toll remains at 64 since the pandemic began.
The seven-day rolling average is down to seven new cases per day.
There are 85 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 41 in Woodstock, 14 in Tillsonburg, nine in St. Thomas, seven in Ingersoll, three in Dutton-Dunwich and Norwich, two in Zorra and East Zorra-Tavistock and one each in Aylmer, Malahide, West Elgin and Blandford-Blenheim .
There are two hospitalizations, neither of whom are in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 34.9 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
A total of 47 residents and 38 staff have tested positive at People Care in Tavistock, 1 staff member at Valleyview Home in St. Thomas, and 53 residents and 23 staff members at Caressant Care in Woodstock,
Forty-five of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 20 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 2,292.
There are 40.2 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 36.5 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 23.1 cases per 100,000 population and 13.3 per 100,000 in Aylmer.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 130 tests on Sunday.
