Ontario reported 1,708 new cases of COVID-19 today (Sunday) while Southwestern Public Health is advising of 12 new cases, including another new one in St. Thomas. Four cases were resolved.
There are 65 confirmed ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 29 in Woodstock, eight in Ingersoll, seven in St. Thomas, four each in Tillsonburg and Zorra, three each in Aylmer and Norwich, two in Central Elgin, with single cases in Bayham, Dutton-Dunwich, Blandford Blenheim, SW Oxford and East Zorra-Tavistock.
Three students have tested positive at Assumption Catholic Elementary School in Aylmer and one at Forest Park Public School.
One staff member at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock has tested positive.
There are two hospitalizations at this time, with one individual in ICU.
Forty-two of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 11 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 478.
There are 30.7 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 28.4 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 267 tests on Thursday.
