COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 11 cases Thursday

Southwestern Public Health reported 10 cases Thursday while Lambton Public Health added six COVID-19 cases and one death to its tally.

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The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 11 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, for a total of 14,451 cases.

Of those, 127 are active (a decrease of one), 14,079 are recovered (an increase of 12) and 245 people have died (unchanged).

The most recent death was reported Oct. 21 and involved a man in his 70s who was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home and who was fully vaccinated but eligible for a third dose due to a suppressed immune system.

Of the 127 active cases, 44 involve kids 11 or under, a cohort that is not yet eligible for vaccination. The rate of active cases among that age group is 68.3 per 100,000 population.

The next highest rate of active cases involves those aged 12 to 17, at 27.2 cases per 100,000 population (or nine active cases).

Since Sept. 12, the MLHU says all of the variant of concern cases in the region have been the Delta variant except for one case in which they were unable to generate sequencing. Total counts by the type of variant of concern can be found on the health unit’s summary of COVID-19 cases in Middlesex-London page and clicking the “Case Status” tab.

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) was caring for six inpatients with COVID-19 as of Thursday.