Ontario reported 1,723 new cases of COVID-19 today (Wednesday) while Southwestern Public Health is advising of 13 new cases, including five in St. Thomas and two in Aylmer. Eleven cases were resolved. And one death reported – a man in his 40s – bringing the total to seven since the pandemic began.
There are 65 confirmed ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 26 in Woodstock, 10 in St. Thomas, nine in Ingersoll, seven in Aylmer, four in Tillsonburg and Zorra, three in Norwich and two in SW Oxford.
One Assumption Catholic Elementary School student remains positive, with two at East Elgin Secondary School in Aylmer and one at St. Joseph’s High School and Forest Park Public School in St. Thomas.
One staff member at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock has tested positive.
There are two hospitalizations at this time, with one individual in ICU.
Forty-five of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 10 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 504.
There are 30.7 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 37.2 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 244 tests on Monday.
