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The province is reporting 590 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths this morning while Southwestern Public Health is reporting a single new case with one 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 13 in Woodstock, two in St. Thomas and in one each in Bayham, West Elgin, 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.
Thirteen of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those eight are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 3,719.
The health unit advises 119,242 individuals have been vaccinated by SWPH or 56 per cent of area residents.
There are 9.0 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 20.3 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 136 tests on Tuesday. The West Elgin Community Health Centre did 16 on Monday.
