For the second day in a row, London has reported just a single new case of COVID-19 while nearby Elgin and Oxford counties are dealing with another seven infections.
The Middlesex London Health Unit said an employee at a local retirement facility tested positive for the virus on Monday. There have now been 70 cases of COVID-19 (44 involving residents and 26 involving staff) linked to retirement homes in London and Middlesex.
The region's total case count is now 684.
Six more people previously confirmed to have COVID-19 have recovered over the past 24 hours, bringing the area's total number of resolved cases to 612.
There has not been a death in the city or county since June 12, leaving the death toll unchanged at 57.
In Elgin and Oxford counties, the number of cases reported daily remains steady with seven new cases on Monday. That follows ten cases that were reported over the weekend - seven Saturday and three on Sunday. The two counties' total number of cases since the start of the pandemic stands at 209. The number of resolved cases went up by five since Sunday to 132. The death toll is five with no additional deaths since July 3.
Provincially, Ontario's day-to-day case count climbed above 100 for the first time in a week.
Public health officials said Monday there were 115 people who tested positive for COVID-19 over the last 24 hours.
"While a slight uptick and an end to our steak, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that thanks to your efforts the trend in the province remains downward," Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted.
Ontario's total number of lab-confirmed cases is now 40,161.
There were no additional deaths since Sunday, leaving the death toll at 2,786.
Another 102 infected Ontarians have recovered, bringing the number of resolved cases to 36,381.
As of Wednesday, all of the province will officially be in Stage 3 of economic reopening after the Ford government granted Windsor-Essex permission to move into the next phase. Windsor-Essex, which has been struggling to contain the spread of the virus, was the lone region in Ontario to remain in Stage 2.
Over the last 24 hours, the province conducted more than 22,000 COVID-19 tests.
After a full week of reporting fewer than 100 daily cases, today Ontario is reporting 115 cases of #COVID19. While a slight uptick and an end to our steak, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that thanks to your efforts the trend in the province remains downward.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) August 10, 2020