The province is reporting 411 new COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths this morning while Southwestern Public Health is reporting four new cases with nine resolved. There were no new cases in St. Thomas or Elgin county.
The death total is 83 since the pandemic began.
Eight hundred and seven of the confirmed cases involve variants of concern, with 25 cases still active.
There are 19 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 12 in Woodstock, two in St. Thomas and in one each in Bayham, West Elgin, East Zorra-
Tavistock, Tillsonburg and Norwich.
There are no active institutional cases.
There are no hospitalizations at this time. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 34.4 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
Twelve of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those seven are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 3,718.
The health unit announced last week more than 100,000 individuals have been vaccinated by SWPH.
There are 9.0 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 18.3 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 5.1 cases per 100,000 population and there are no cases in Aylmer.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 138 tests on Monday. The West Elgin Community Health Centre did 16 on Monday.
