Ontario reported 3,326 new COVID-19 cases today with 62 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 55 new cases this morning, with 46 cases resolved.
Two new deaths have been reported, both Elgin county residents with one an 82-year-old female resident of Caressant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas. That brings the death count in the region to 39 since the pandemic began. Of note, an additional four deaths are listed on the health unit dashboard, we are checking with them on this discrepancy.
There were 16 new cases in St. Thomas, nine in Aylmer, four in Southwold, two in Bayham and one in Central Elgin. The rolling seven day average across the region is now 41 cases per day.
There are 369 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 112 in Tillsonburg, 72 in St. Thomas, 45 in Woodstock, 41 in Aylmer, 34 in Norwich, 16 in East Zorra-Tavistock, 14 in Ingersoll, eight in Bayham, six in Southwold and Zorra, five in Central Elgin and SW Oxford, three in West Elgin and one each in Dutton-Dunwich and Malahide.
Currently 12 people are hospitalized with four of those individuals in the ICU.
Eighty residents and 48 staff members at Maple Manor in Tillsonburg have tested positive, with 40 residents and 33 staff at People Care in Tavistock, two staff at Terrace Lodge in Malahide, two residents and two staff members at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock, one staff member at Extendicare in Port Stanley , one resident at Caressant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas and five staff and 12 residents at Trillium Retirement Home in Norwich.
One hundred and seventy-seven of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 43 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 1,512.
There are 174.5 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 268.6 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 185.0 cases per 100,000 population and 547.3 per 100,000 in Aylmer.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 366 tests on Tuesday.
