The province this morning is reporting 1,315 new COVID-19 cases since Wednesday, with 20 deaths.
Southwestern Public Health is reporting 21 new cases since Wednesday, with 10 resolved. There are six new cases in Aylmer, four in Bayham and one in Central Elgin.
The death toll remains at 86 since the pandemic began.
There are 43 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 10 in Aylmer, eight in Woodstock, six in Bayham, three in Blandford-Blenheim, Zorra and Tillsonburg, two in Central Elgin, Dutton-Dunwich, East Zorra-Tavistock and Ingersoll with single cases in St. Thomas and SW Oxford.
A total of 1,184 cases have been variants of concern with 359 confirmed cases of the Delta variant.
There are no active institutional cases.
There are five hospitalizations at this time, with two in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 36.0 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
Thirty of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, with six of those under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 4,166.
A total of 146,920 residents in the region have been fully immunized or 69.0 per cent.
There are 20.3 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 30.1 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 2.6 cases per 100,000 population and 133.5 cases per 100,000 population for Aylmer.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 157 tests Wednesday. The West Elgin Community Health Centre did 38 on Wednesday.
