The province is reporting 1,299 new COVID-19 cases this morning with 15 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting three new cases. Six cases were resolved.
The death toll remains at 67 since the pandemic began.
The seven-day rolling average drops to five new cases per day.
There are 72 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 41 in Aylmer, 13 in Woodstock, five in St. Thomas, four in East Zorra-Tavistock, three in Zorra, two in Blandford-Blenheim 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-three 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 2,430.
There are 34.0 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 27.6 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 547.3 cases per 100,000.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 197 tests on Thursday.
