The province is reporting 296 new COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths this morning while Southwestern Public Health is reporting six new cases with two resolved. There was one new case in St. Thomas.
The death total is 83 since the pandemic began.
There are 23 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 14 in Woodstock, three in St. Thomas and Zorra and one each in Aylmer, Tillsonburg and East Zorra-Tavistock.
There are no active institutional cases.
There are two people in hospital at this time, none in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 34.2 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
Fourteen of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those four are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 3,732.
The health unit advises 124,026 individuals have had at least one dose of vaccine by SWPH or 58.3 per cent of area residents.
There are 10.9 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 19.7 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 7.7 cases per 100,000 population and 13.3 per 100,000 population in Aylmer.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 56 tests on Sunday. The West Elgin Community Health Centre did 16 on Friday.
