The province is reporting 1,747 new COVID-19 cases this morning with 15 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 2 new cases. Three cases were resolved. There is one new case in Aylmer.
The death toll remains at 67 since the pandemic began.
The seven-day rolling average remains at eight new cases per day.
There are 55 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 23 in Woodstock, 17 in Aylmer, four in Norwich, three in St. Thomas, two in Ingersoll and Tillsonburg one each in Central Elgin, Blandford-Blenheim, SW Oxford and East Zorra-Tavistock.
One individual is hospitalized in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 35.3 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
One staff member has tested positive at Arches Transitional Bed Program in Woodstock.
Thirty-eight of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those three are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 2,504.
There are 26.0 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 31.9 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 7.7 cases per 100,000 population and Aylmer has 226.9 cases per 100,000.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 199 tests on Thursday.
