There were two more COVID-19 deaths recorded in the London region on Monday.
The Middlesex London Health Unit said two men, one in his 80s and the other in his 70s, have succumbed to the virus since last Thursday. The older of the two men had links to a long-term care home. Their deaths increase the local death toll to 435.
Another 176 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by the health unit since it last updated its COVID-19 dashboard last Thursday. However, public health officials caution that single-day case numbers are an underestimate of community spread due to eligibility changes that limit who can receive a test. The area’s total case count stands at 42,473 since the pandemic began.
Resolved cases are up to 41,439 and the number of active cases locally decreased by five to 599 on Monday.
The health unit’s next scheduled COVID-19 update will be on Thursday.
The London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) said it currently has 41 patients with the virus in its care. That is a decrease of 12 since last week. According to hospital officials, 14 of the current inpatients are being treated for the virus, while the other 27 are being treated for other ailments but have tested positive for COVID.
The intensive care unit has five or fewer infected patients. At Children’s Hospital, there are five or fewer inpatients with the virus, including five or fewer listed in paediatric critical care.
The number of hospital workers who have tested positive dropped by two on Monday. There are now 103 infected staffers at the LHSC.
The hospital network currently has zero COVID-19 outbreaks.
Two outbreaks at the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital have been resolved. The Middlesex Hospital Alliance announced the outbreak on the 1 south inpatient unit was deemed over on Thursday, while the outbreak on the 2 south unit was declared over on Monday. With no active outbreaks, both units are able to once again take new admissions.
Southwestern Public Health, the health unit that covers Elgin and Oxford counties, only updates its COVID-19 cases dashboard on Wednesdays, while the province issues its weekly updated numbers on Thursdays.
