The province is reporting 3,065 new COVID-19 cases this morning with eight deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 13 new cases. Eight cases were resolved. There were four new cases each in St. Thomas and Aylmer.
Ninety-two of the confirmed cases involve variants of concern, with 27 cases still active.
The death toll is 69 since the pandemic began.
There are 120 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 34 in Woodstock, 27 in St. Thomas, 13 in Ingersoll, 11 in Aylmer and Tillsonburg, three in Malahide, Dutton-Dunwich, East Zorra-Tavistock and Zorra, two in Bayham, Central Elgin, West Elgin, Norwich and SW Oxford and one in Southwold and Blandford-Blenheim .
One resident and one staff member at Caressant Care, Bonnie Place in St. Thomas have tested positive.
Three individuals are hospitalized, one of those in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 34.6 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
Seventy-one of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 25 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 2,722.
Through March 27 – the latest data available from the health unit – 11,549 individuals have been vaccinated by SWPH, with 9,577 of those having received their first dose.
There are 56.7 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 144.2 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 69.4 cases per 100,000 population and Aylmer has 146.8 cases per 100,000.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 183 tests on Sunday.
