Ontario reported 3,422 new COVID-19 cases today with 69 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 49 new cases this morning, with 36 cases resolved. Two new deaths were reported bringing the total to 42 since the pandemic began. Both were female residents – 80 and 96 years of age – of Maple Manor in Tillsonburg.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases in the region is 39 per day.
There are eight new cases in Aylmer, four in Central Elgin, three each in St. Thomas, Southwold and Bayham and one in West Elgin.
There are 370 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 86 in Tillsonburg, 68 in St. Thomas, 45 in Woodstock, 38 in Norwich, 37 in Aylmer, 17 in East Zorra-Tavistock and Ingersoll, 13 Bayham, 11 in Central Elgin and SW Oxford, 10 in Zorra, nine in Southwold, five in West Elgin, two in Malahide and one in Blandford-Blenheim.
Currently 12 people are hospitalized with four of those individuals in the ICU.
Eighty-one residents and 51 staff members at Maple Manor in Tillsonburg have tested positive, with 39 residents and 37 staff at People Care in Tavistock, two staff at Terrace Lodge in Malahide, two residents and one staff member at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock, two staff members at Extendicare in Port Stanley, two residents at Caressant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas, five staff and 13 residents at Trillium Retirement Home in Norwich, one staff member at Chartwell Oxford Gardens in Woodstock and one resident at Dayspring Residence in Tillsonburg.
One hundred and seventy-nine of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 41 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 1,628.
There are 174.9 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 292.2 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 169 tests on Wednesday.
