Just over half a dozen new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death related to the virus have been confirmed in the London region.
The Middlesex London Health Unit said Friday a woman in her 80s is the latest to die from the virus. Her death is not linked to a long term care facility or retirement home. The death toll in the region now stands at 38. Fifteen of those deaths have occurred within local nursing homes, while five others were at retirement facilities.
Seven new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Since the outbreak began there have been 409 confirmed cases in London and Middlesex County. Of those cases, nearly 93 per cent have been in London, 3.7 per cent in Strathroy-Caradoc, 1.7 per cent in Middlesex Centre, one per cent in Thames Centre, and 0.7 percent in North Middlesex.
A total of 27 people diagnosed with the virus are in the care of the London Health Sciences Centre, eight of whom are listed in intensive care.
Outbreaks of the virus remain at five local long-term care facilities including Earls Court Village, Elmwood Place, Henley Place, Kensington Village, and Meadow Park.
According to local public health officials, 225 people have recovered from the virus.
In Oxford and Elgin counties, there were no new cases or deaths reported since Tuesday. The two counties, covered by Southwestern Public Health, have seen a total of 59 confirmed cases and four deaths. Thirty-three of the cases have been resolved.
Ontario health officials reported another 421 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. That brings the province's total number of cases up to 16,608, including 1,121 deaths. Another 39 people infected with the virus have died over the past 24 hours.
According to the daily epidemiologic summary released by the province, seniors continue to be the hardest hit by the virus in Ontario. Nearly half of all confirmed cases have been in those over the age of 60 and 774 people over the age of 80 have died.
A total of 198 long-term care homes in the province are reporting outbreaks.
Of those to contract the virus, 11.7 per cent have had to be hospitalized. A total of 1,017 are currently in hospitals across the province, 225 of whom are in the intensive care unit.
The number of people to recover from the virus has increased to 10,825.
