There was one COVID-19 death and 33 new cases of the virus reported in London and Middlesex County on Monday.
The spike in new infections marks the region's second-highest daily case count since the start of the pandemic. The highest single-day jump came on November 8 when 37 cases were recorded. This is also the area's seventh straight day of double-digit increases. Over the weekend, a total of 38 new cases were confirmed -- 19 cases each day.
The Middlesex London Health Unit has not specified how many of the new cases reported on Monday are connected with an ongoing outbreak at the London Health Sciences Centre's (LHSC) University Hospital. Currently, 36 staff members have tested positive and 33 infected patients are at the LHSC.
Outbreaks remain on six units at University Hospital, one unit at the Parkwood Institute, and two residences at Western University.
There has now been a total of 1,616 cases in London-Middlesex since the start of the year.
The health unit said the region's 67th COVID-19 related death was a woman in her 80s. She was not linked to a long-term care or retirement home. Her death is the 10th in the city and county since the second wave of the pandemic began in September.
Thirteen people have recovered from the virus over the past 24 hours, bringing the number of resolved cases to 1,381.
There are currently 168 active COVID-19 cases in London-Middlesex.
Elgin and Oxford have now reported a total of 555 cases of the virus since the start of the pandemic. Southwestern Public Health, the health unit for the two counties, confirmed six new cases on Monday. The number of resolved cases rose to 479, as one more recovery was recorded since Sunday. The death toll remains unchanged since last Wednesday with six deaths linked to COVID-19. There are currently 70 active cases in the region, Southwestern Public Health said.
Provincially, there were another 1,746 new infections reported Monday. That is up from 1,708 on Sunday.
Of the new cases, 622 were in Toronto, 390 were in Peel and 217 were in York Region.
The total number of cases in the province has risen to 116,492.
There were an additional eight deaths linked to the virus across the province. That brings the death toll to 3,656.
The number of resolved cases rose to 98,639 with 1,320 additional recoveries reported.
There are currently 618 COVID-19 infected patients in hospitals across the province, including 168 in the intensive care unit and 108 on ventilators to breathe.
In the last 24 hour period, over 39,400 COVID-19 tests were processed.