The Middlesex London Health Unit has confirmed another death related to COVID-19.
A woman in her 80s, who was associated with a long-term care home, is the latest person in the region to succumb to the virus, the health unit said on Monday. Hers is the third COVID-19 related death to be reported in London and Middlesex County so far this month. Last week, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s died from the virus. The local death toll now sits at 415.
The health unit also confirmed 206 new COVID-19 cases since it last updated its COVID-19 dashboard on 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 40,524 since the pandemic began.
Resolved cases are up to 39,542 and the number of active cases locally rose by 50 since Thursday to 567 on Monday.
The number of people hospitalized and hospital workers sick with COVID in London fell over the weekend.
The London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) said on Monday it currently has 35 patients with the virus in its care. That is a decrease of 11 since Friday. According to hospital officials, nine of the current inpatients are being treated for the virus, while the other 26 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 no inpatients with the virus currently admitted.
The number of hospital workers who have tested positive went down by 36 on Monday. There are now 102 infected staffers at the LHSC.
A level two COVID-19 outbreak remains at Victoria Hospital's C6 100 geriatric behavioural unit.
The health unit’s next scheduled COVID-19 update will be on Thursday.
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.
