The province this morning is reporting at least 7,757 new COVID-19 cases with 75 deaths.
A total of 4,061 individuals across the province are hospitalized with 594 in ICU.
Southwestern Public Health is reporting at least 59 new cases with 91 resolved.
The death toll is 129 since the pandemic began.
The percent positivity rate in the region has slipped to 16.5%.
There are 18 new cases in St. Thomas, two in Aylmer, Central Elgin and West Elgin and one each in Dutton-Dunwich, Bayham and Southwold.
There are 846 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 256 in Woodstock, 239 in St. Thomas, 59 in Ingersoll, 55 in Tillsonburg, 52 in Aylmer, 32 in Central Elgin, 25 in East Zorra-Tavistock, 23 in Zorra, 22 in Norwich, 21 in West Elgin, 18 in Dutton-Dunwich, 14 in SW Oxford, 10 in Blandford-Blenheim, nine in Bayham seven in Southwold and four in Malahide.
There are 39 resident cases and 30 staff cases at Caressant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas, 17 resident and 31 staff cases at Valleyview, four resident and four staff case at Elgin Manor, nine residents and 12 staff at Extendicare in Port Stanley, 18 resident and five staff cases at Terrace Lodge, 13 residents and five staff case at Metcalfe Gardens and five resident and seven staff at Chartwell in Aylmer.
There are 47 hospitalizations at this time, with nine in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 32.0 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
The number of resolved cases is 8,468.
A total of 159,114 residents in the region have had two doses of a vaccine or 72.7 per cent.
There are 386.5 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 519.2 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 560.9 cases per 100,000 population and 626.7 cases per 100,000 population for Aylmer.
