Southwestern Public Health reported at least 38 new COVID-19 cases since June 14 with 43 resolved.
The death total is 169 since the pandemic began.
The per cent positivity rate in the region has dropped to 3.78 per cent. Per cent positivity below 5% suggests few undetected cases in the community.
There are 48 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 11 in Woodstock, 10 in St. Thomas, seven in Ingersoll, four in Aylmer, three in Central Elgin and Tillsonburg, two in Bayham, Blandford-Blenheim, SW Oxford and Zorra and one in Norwich and East Zorra-Tavistock.
There are no active institutional cases.
There is one hospitalization at this time, with no one in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 28.5 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
The number of resolved cases is 13,834.
A total of 20,341 residents in the region have had four doses of a vaccine or 35.8 per cent of those ages 60+.
There are 21.9 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 27.0 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 23.5 cases per 100,000 population and 48.2 cases per 100,000 population for Aylmer.
Written by: Ian McCallum
