Four more people, all over the age of 60, have died in the London-area due to COVID-19.
The Middlesex London Health Unit reported the deaths and nine new cases of the virus on Wednesday. Three of the four latest deaths were in long-term care homes and retirement facilities. They included a woman in her 90s, a man in his 60s, and a man in his 70s. The fourth death was a man in his 80s who resided in the community.
London-Middlesex has seen 36 deaths since the outbreak began, including 20 in long-term care and retirement homes.
To date, there have been 393 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the region. That includes 109 in long-term care and retirement homes -- 76 residents and 33 staff members.
The London Health Sciences Centre has 32 people confirmed to have the virus in its care, six of whom are in intensive care.
Since Tuesday, another 11 people have recovered from COVID-19, for a total of 212 resolved cases in the London-area.
In Oxford and Elgin counties, there was one new case confirmed within the last 24 hours, to bring that area’s total to 60. The total number of deaths related to the virus in that area stands at four with no new deaths reported.
Provincial public health officials are reporting the lowest number of new cases in Ontario in three weeks. There were 347 newly confirmed cases on Wednesday. April 6 was the last time the province saw numbers that low.
The total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Ontario is 996, including 45 more reported in the last 24 hours. Of those who have died, 521 were residents of long-term care homes. Five more outbreaks have been reported in long-term care facilities, bringing the total number of outbreaks to 181.
There have been 15,728 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario. Just over 11 per cent of people diagnosed with the virus have been hospitalized, with 977 currently in hospital, 186 in intensive care with a ventilator helping them to breathe.
A total of 9,612 cases have been resolved.
