The province this morning is reporting at least 5,368 new COVID-19 cases with 92 deaths.
A total of 4,016 individuals across the province are hospitalized with 608 in ICU and 367 on ventilators.
Southwestern Public Health is reporting at least 45 new cases with 86 resolved.
The death toll is 136 since the pandemic began. Twenty-three deaths this month alone.
The percent positivity rate in the region has risen to 17.7%.
There are 16 new cases in St. Thomas, four in Aylmer, three in Central Elgin and West Elgin and one in Bayham.
There are 711 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 224 in Woodstock, 195 in St. Thomas, 50 in Tillsonburg, 44 in Aylmer, 39 in Ingersoll, 25 in Zorra, 23 in Norwich, 18 in SW Oxford, 17 in Dutton-Dunwich and Central Elgin, 15 in West Elgin, 13 in East Zorra-Tavistock and Blandford-Blenheim, 11 in Bayham, four in Southwold and three in Malahide.
There are 48 resident cases and 34 staff cases at Caressant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas, 17 resident and 33 staff cases at Valleyview, nine residents and 12 staff at Extendicare in Port Stanley, 18 resident and five staff cases at Terrace Lodge, 24 residents and seven staff cases at Metcalfe Gardens, eight resident and 11 staff cases at Elgin Manor and six resident and seven staff at Chartwell in Aylmer.
There are 29 hospitalizations at this time, with 10 in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 31.1 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
The number of resolved cases is 9,050.
A total of 83,302 residents in the region have had three doses of a vaccine or 52.4 per cent.
There are 324.8 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 434.0 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 457.6 cases per 100,000 population and 530.2 cases per 100,000 population for Aylmer.
