Ontario reported 3,338 new COVID-19 cases today (Monday) with 29 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 27 new cases this morning, with 21 cases resolved. Two new deaths have been reported at Maple Manor in Tillsonburg bring the death count in the region to 32 since the pandemic began.
There are 383 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 119 in Tillsonburg, 68 in St. Thomas, 46 in Woodstock, 37 in Aylmer, 28 in Norwich, 25 in East Zorra-Tavistock, 15 in Ingersoll, 11 in Bayham, nine in SW Oxford, seven in Zorra, six in Central Elgin, three in Southwold, Dutton-Dunwich and West Elgin, two in Malahide and one in Blandford-Blenheim.
Currently 16 people are hospitalized with three of those individuals in the ICU.
Eighty residents and 45 staff members at Maple Manor in Tillsonburg have tested positive, with 37 residents and 32 staff at People Care in Tavistock, two staff at Terrace Lodge in Malahide, two residents and one staff member at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock, one staff member at Extendicare in Port Stanley and Goodness Retirement Living in St. Thomas, one resident at Caressant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas and five staff and five residents at Trillium Retirement Home in Norwich.
One hundred and ninety-two of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 55 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 1,346
There are 181.1 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 238.0 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 174.8 cases per 100,000 population and 493.9 per 100,000 in Aylmer.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 219 tests on Friday.
