Ontario reported 2,655 new COVID-19 cases today with 89 deaths while Southwestern Public Health is reporting 14 new cases this morning, with 67 cases resolved.
It’s the lowest one-day case count in the region since Christmas Day. One new death was reported bringing the total to 48 since the pandemic began.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases in the region is 35 per day.
There are four new cases in St. Thomas, two in Central Elgin and one in Dutton-Dunwich.
There are 292 ongoing cases in the health unit’s coverage area, with 82 in Tillsonburg, 41 in St. Thomas, 37 in Norwich, 30 in Woodstock, 27 in Aylmer, 13 in East Zorra-Tavistock and Ingersoll, 11 Zorra, eight in Bayham, Southwold and SW Oxford, seven in Central Elgin, three in West Elgin, two in Malahide and one in Dutton-Dunwich and Blandford-Blenheim.
Currently 12 people are hospitalized with four of those individuals in the ICU.
Eighty-five residents and 52 staff members at Maple Manor in Tillsonburg have tested positive, with 40 residents and 37 staff at People Care in Tavistock, three staff at Terrace Lodge in Malahide, two residents and one staff member at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock, two staff members at Extendicare in Port Stanley, two residents at Caressant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas, five staff and 13 residents at Trillium Retirement Home in Norwich, one staff member at Chartwell Oxford Gardens in Woodstock and Seasons Retirement Home in St. Thomas, one resident at Dayspring Residence in Tillsonburg and one staff member at Harvest Crossing in Tillsonburg.
One hundred and thirty-eight of the cases are individuals under the age of 50, of those 32 are under the age of 20.
The number of resolved cases is 1,773.
There are 138.1 ongoing confirmed cases per 100,000 population in the SWPH region as compared to 288.5 per 100,000 in the Middlesex-London Health Unit region. The crude rate for St. Thomas is 105.4 cases per 100,000 population and 360.4 per 100,000 in Aylmer.
The assessment centre at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital undertook 190 tests on Monday.
