Southwestern Public Health reported at least 83 new COVID-19 cases since Friday with 160 resolved.
The death total is 161 since the pandemic began.
There are 19 new cases in St. Thomas, seven in Central Elgin, two in Aylmer and one each in West Elgin and Malahide.
The percent positivity rate in the region is 15.48%.
There are 375 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 111 in St. Thomas, 110 in Woodstock, 30 in Tillsonburg, 27 in Central Elgin, 21 in East Zorra-Tavistock, 19 in Ingersoll, 15 in Aylmer, seven in Norwich and SW Oxford, six in Bayham and Dutton-Dunwich, five in West Elgin, four in Blandford-Blenheim, three in Southwold and two in Malahide and Zorra.
There are 15 resident and 10 staff cases at Extendicare in Port Stanley, 10 resident and five staff cases at Royal Oak Senior Living in St. Thomas, 38 resident and 12 staff cases at Caressant Care Nursing Home in Woodstock, 10 resident and three staff cases at Woodingford Lodge in Ingersoll, 16 residents and 12 staff at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock, four resident and one staff case at Seasons Retirement Home in St. Thomas, 11 resident cases at Langdon Retirement Home in Woodstock, 11 residents at Maples Home for Seniors in Tavistock, 10 resident cases at Victoria Manor in Woodstock, four residents at Oxford Gardens Retirement Home and two patients at Woodstock General Hospital.
There are 11 hospitalizations at this time, with one in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 29.2 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
The number of resolved cases is 12,871.
A total of 100,464 residents in the region have had three doses of a vaccine or 53.6 per cent.
There are 171.3 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 170.4 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 260.5 cases per 100,000 population and 180.8 cases per 100,000 population for Aylmer.
Written by: Ian McCallum
