COVID-19: MLHU reports 13 cases, SWPH adds 12 cases and 1 death

Southwestern Public Health reported one death Wednesday, involving a woman in her 70s from Oxford County. SWPH also added 12 more cases to its tally.

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The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 13 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, though the total case count increased by 15.

In total, there have been 14,440 cases, of which 128 are active (an increase of four), 14,067 are recovered (an increase of 11) 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 128 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 five inpatients with COVID-19 as of Wednesday.