Public health officials in the London-area have confirmed there was just one additional case of COVID-19 in the region over the past 24 hours.
The Middlesex London Health Unit said on Tuesday the newly confirmed case brings the area's total number since the start of the pandemic to 559. No new deaths related to the virus have been reported in London or Middlesex County since last Thursday. The death toll remains at 56, with 36 of those connected to long-term care homes or retirement facilities.
Both Chelsey Park Retirement Community and Kensington Village continue to report outbreaks of coronavirus among residents.
The number of infected patients in the care of the London Health Sciences Centre has dropped to six, down two since Monday.
A total of 422 people in the London-area who previously tested positive for COVID-19 have since recovered.
Southwestern Public Health, the health unit for Elgin and Oxford counties, hasn't seen any new cases of the virus in over a week. The region’s total number of confirmed cases stands at 75, with 68 resolved. There has been a total of four COVID-19 related deaths in the two counties, with no new deaths reported since April 22.
Provincially, the number of new daily cases was below 250 for a second straight day.
Ontario health officials reported 230 newly confirmed cases on Tuesday. That is slightly less than the 243 cases confirmed on Monday.
The downward numbers trend prompted Health Minister Christine Elliott to take to Twitter to encourage Ontarians to continue to physically distance.
"Ontario, let's keep it up! Practice physical distancing, wear a mask when doing so is a challenge and wash your hands," said Elliott.
She went on to note Tuesday's day-over-day increase fell to 0.7 per cent, down from 0.8 per cent Monday.
"Most days there are now more resolved than new daily cases of #COVID19, meaning fewer active cases of people with the virus. Today, with 337 more resolved and 230 new cases, there are now 107 fewer active cases of #COVID19 in Ontario, an important downward trend," tweeted Elliott.
Since the outbreak began Ontario has had 31,090 confirmed cases, 24,829 of which have since been resolved.
There were 14 additional COVID-19 related deaths over the past 14 hours, to bring the province's death toll to 2,464.
The number of people in hospital diagnosed with the virus is currently at 600, including 116 being treated in intensive care units.
Ontario, let's keep it up! Practice physical distancing, wear a mask when doing so is a challenge and wash your hands. As always, visit https://t.co/PGdf8QqEhn daily at 10:30 a.m. for the latest numbers and information on Ontario's battle against this virus.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) June 9, 2020
