The London-area recorded five new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, but the overall total of confirmed cases of the virus actually went down due to two previously reported false-positive cases.
The Middlesex London Health Unit said the two cases included in Friday's COVID-19 numbers were re-tested over the weekend and confirmed as negative. The new test results, coupled with the five cases confirmed over the past 24 hours, means the total number of cases in the area since the outbreak began is 558.
No specifics about the five newly confirmed cases were released.
There has not been a COVID-19 related death in London and Middlesex County since last Thursday. The death toll remains at 56.
Two outbreaks remain at local long-term care homes - Chelsey Park Retirement Community and Kensington Village. The outbreak at Sisters of St. Joseph was declared over on Saturday.
The London Health Sciences Centre has eight patients diagnosed with the virus in its care.
The number of resolved cases in the region has risen to 416.
In Elgin and Oxford counties, no one has tested positive for the virus since last Monday. The total number of cases in that region remains at 75. No additional deaths have been reported since April 22, leaving the death toll at four. The number of people to recover sits at 68.
Public health officials said on Monday Ontario recorded its lowest number of new single-day infections since March. A total of 243 cases and 24 deaths were confirmed over the last 24 hours. The province has seen 30,860 positive tests for the virus and 2,450 deaths since the pandemic began in January.
There have been 312 outbreaks reported in long-term care homes across Ontario. That is an increase of one since the previous report. Residents of long-term care facilities account for 1,720 of Ontario's total deaths.
There are currently 603 patients in hospital with the virus. Of those, 118 are in intensive care and 81 are relying on a ventilator to breathe.
The province conducted 15,357 tests for the virus over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of tests completed since January to 866,889.
The number of resolved cases province-wide now sits at 24,492.
