Southwestern Public Health reported at least 52 new COVID-19 cases since Monday with 84 resolved.
There was one new death, an Oxford man in his 90s. The death total is 162 since the pandemic began.
There are 10 new cases in St. Thomas, four in Central Elgin, two in Aylmer and one each in Bayham and Malahide.
The percent positivity rate in the region is 15.24%.
There are 342 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area with 110 in Woodstock, 94 in St. Thomas, 33 in Tillsonburg, 27 in Central Elgin, 21 in East Zorra-Tavistock, 13 in Aylmer and Ingersoll, seven in SW Oxford, six in Norwich, four in West Elgin and Blandford-Blenheim, three in Southwold, Malahide and Dutton-Dunwich and one in Zorra.
There are 16 resident and 10 staff cases at Extendicare in Port Stanley, 10 resident and five staff cases at Royal Oak Senior Living in St. Thomas, 42 resident and 14 staff cases at Caressant Care Nursing Home in Woodstock, 10 resident and three staff cases at Woodingford Lodge in Ingersoll, 16 residents and 13 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, 10 resident cases at Victoria Manor in Woodstock, four residents and Harvest Crossing Retirement Home in Tillsonburg, three resident and two staff cases at Elgin Manor, four residents at Oxford Gardens Retirement Home and four patient and one staff case at Woodstock General Hospital.
There are seven hospitalizations at this time, with no one in ICU. Of the cases hospitalized since the pandemic began, 29.1 per cent were admitted to the ICU.
The number of resolved cases is 12,955.
A total of 100,464 residents in the region have had three doses of a vaccine or 53.6 per cent.
There are 156.2 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 150.6 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 220.6 cases per 100,000 population and 156.7 cases per 100,000 population for Aylmer.
Written by: Ian McCallum
