The London area has now seen over 1,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Six new cases were reported by the Middlesex London Health Unit on Tuesday, bringing the total for the region to 1,005. While the six new cases took the region past the milestone, they marked a healthy drop in the number of new cases compared to Monday's 25 and Sunday's 20.
Of the 1,005 confirmed cases in London and Middlesex County, 855 people have recovered. The death toll of 57 has remained unchanged since June 12. A total of 886 people have not required hospitalization after testing positive, while 86 people have spent time in hospital outside of the Intensive Care Unit and 33 people have required treatment in the ICU.
There are currently 93 active cases in London and Middlesex County.
There are currently six outbreaks at long term care or retirement facilities in the region. Outbreaks have been declared at Craigwiel Gardens, Earls Court Village, Extendicare, Henley Place, McGarrell Place, and Meadow Park Care Centre.
No new cases were reported Tuesday by Southwestern Public Health, the health unit for Elgin and Oxford counties.
Provincially, more than 1,500 new cases were recorded over the past two days. The province didn't report figures Monday because it was a holiday, so Tuesday's report covers two days. There were 807 new cases recorded Monday and 746 Tuesday.
Once again, many of the new cases were in the GTA and Ottawa.
"Today, Ontario is reporting 746 cases of #COVID19 with 807 cases on Monday," Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted on Tuesday. "Combined over the same two days, there are 1,292 more resolved cases with over 67,700 tests completed. Locally, there are 311 new cases in Toronto, 135 in Peel and 116 in Ottawa today."
Ontario has now seen 60,692 infections since the start of the pandemic.
