The province this morning is reporting at least 3,424 new COVID-19 cases with 64 deaths.
A total of 4,008 individuals across the province are hospitalized with 626 in ICU.
Southwestern Public Health is reporting at least 65 new cases with 120 resolved.
There were four deaths reported, an Elgin man in his 90s, and an Elgin female in her 80s both related to an outbreak at an LTC facility or retirement home and an Oxford man in his 80s and an Oxford female in her 90s. The death toll is now 136 since the pandemic began. Twenty-three deaths since the start of the new year.
The percent positivity rate in the region has slipped to 16.5%.
There are 14 new cases in St. Thomas, four in Aylmer, two in Dutton-Dunwich, one each in Central Elgin, West Elgin and Southwold.
There are 743 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 233 in Woodstock, 216 in St. Thomas, 52 in Tillsonburg, 42 in Aylmer, 41 in Ingersoll, 25 in Zorra, 21 in Norwich, 17 in Dutton-Dunwich, 16 in East Zorra-Tavistock, 15 in Central Elgin, West Elgin and SW Oxford, 13 in Bayham, 11 in Blandford-Blenheim, seven in Southwold and four in Malahide.
There are 48 resident cases and 34 staff cases at Caressant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas, 17 resident and 33 staff cases at Valleyview, nine residents and 12 staff at Extendicare in Port Stanley, 18 resident and five staff cases at Terrace Lodge, 24 residents and seven staff cases at Metcalfe Gardens and 12 resident and four staff at Chartwell in Aylmer.
There are 29 hospitalizations at this time, with eight in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 31.5 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
The number of resolved cases is 8,964.
A total of 83,302 residents in the region have had three doses of a vaccine or 52.4 per cent.
There are 339.4 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 465.5 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 506.9 cases per 100,000 population and 506.1 cases per 100,000 population for Aylmer.
