The province is reporting 1,228 new COVID-19 cases this morning with 28 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting two new cases. A total of eight cases were resolved.
The health unit this afternoon advised of two new deaths – a female in her 90’s, a resident of Aylmer Retirement Residence and an Oxford man in his 70’s, a resident of Caressant Care Retirement Home in Woodstock. The death toll is now at 67 since the pandemic began.
The seven-day rolling average is four new cases per day.
There are 42 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 17 in Woodstock, nine in St. Thomas, four in Ingersoll, three in Tillsonburg and East Zorra-Tavistock, two in Zorra and one each in Aylmer, Dutton-Dunwich, Malahide and West Elgin.
There are four hospitalizations, two of whom are in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 34.8 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
One staff member at Valleyview Home in St. Thomas has tested positive as has one resident at Aylmer Retirement Residence and 54 residents and 23 staff members at Caressant Care in Woodstock,
Twenty-eight of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 11 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 2,346.
There are 19.9 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 26.2 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 199 tests on Thursday.
