Public health officials in London-Middlesex and in Elgin-Oxford are reporting two new cases each of COVID-19.
The Middlesex London Health Unit said one of Thursday's new infections involved a retirement home employee. So far this week, two retirement home workers and one long-term care facility staffer in the region have tested positive for the virus.
Thursday's cases represent a slight drop from Wednesday when six new cases were reported. The area's total case count is now 719.
There were no new resolved cases, leaving that total at 626.
The death toll remains at 57 with no additional deaths reported in London-Middlesex since June 12.
Southwestern Public Health confirmed two new cases - one in Elgin and the other in Oxford. However, the health unit for the two counties was not able to report the number of resolved cases or whether there were any additional deaths due to its online COVID-19 dashboard being down. The dashboard was taken offline as the health unit transitions from one database to another. It is expected to be back up and running on Monday. In the meantime, any new lab-confirmed cases will be shared through the health unit's social media pages.
The region has seen a total of 241 cases since the start of the pandemic.
While Ontario was back under 100 new cases, it may not be a true representation of new infections across the province.
Public health officials confirmed there were 76 new cases in Ontario on Thursday, but due to an issue with the Public Health Information System (PHIS) at 11 health units data is missing.
"Updated numbers are not available from 11 [public health units]," Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted. "These 11 units reported a total of eight cases yesterday and while not a direct proxy for today it’s an indication of how many cases may be under-reported."
In addition to Southwestern Public Health, health units in Algoma, Brant County, Chatham-Kent, Hamilton, Niagara Region, Peterborough, Simcoe Muskoka District, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and Windsor-Essex County did not provide numbers to the province.
Ontario now has a case count of 41,048.
The death toll went up to 2,793, with one additional death over the past 24 hours.
The number of recoveries in the province rose by 165, to bring the total number of resolved cases to 37,291.
