The province is reporting 990 new COVID-19 cases this morning with 6 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting five new cases. Twelve cases were resolved. All of the new cases are in Oxford County.
The death toll remains at 67 since the pandemic began.
The seven-day rolling average drops to nine new cases per day.
There are 75 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 46 in Aylmer, 11 in Woodstock, five in St. Thomas, four in East Zorra-Tavistock, three in Blandford-Blenheim, two in Zorra and one each in Central Elgin, Norwich, Ingersoll and Tillsonburg .
Two individuals are hospitalized, one of them is in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 34.5 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
One resident at Bethany Care Home in Norwich has tested positive as has one resident at Maples Retirement Home in Tavistock.
Sixty-six of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those five are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 2,424.
There are 35.5 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 24.6 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 12.9 cases per 100,000 population and Aylmer has 614.0 cases per 100,000.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 197 tests on Thursday.
