The province is reporting 1,074 new COVID-19 cases this morning with 11 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 14 new cases. Three cases were resolved. There are three new cases in Central Elgin and two in St. Thomas.
The death toll remains at 67 since the pandemic began.
The seven-day rolling average is now 10 new cases per day.
There are 72 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 32 in Woodstock, 18 in Aylmer, five in St. Thomas, four in Central Elgin, three in East Zorra-Tavistock, Norwich and Tillsonburg, two in Ingersoll and one each in Blandford-Blenheim and SW Oxford.
One individual is hospitalized in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 35.3 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
One staff member has tested positive at Arches Transitional Bed Program in Woodstock.
Fifty-one of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those eight are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 2,510.
There are 34.0 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 31.5 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 240.3 cases per 100,000.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 92 tests on Sunday.
