COVID-19 test tube. (Photo from Pixabay)COVID-19 test tube. (Photo from Pixabay)
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14 new COVID-19 cases in London, Middlesex

The London area saw another double-digit increase in COVID-19 cases on Saturday.

Public health officials announced the death of a man in his 90s on Saturday. The man was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home. No other details about him, including his vaccination status, were released. The COVID-19 death toll in the London area is at 250.

The Middlesex London Health Unit recorded 14 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.  That is down eight from Friday and up by one from Thursday.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in the community is 129. There has now been a total of 14,718 confirmed cases in the London area since the start of the pandemic. There have also been 14,339 cases that are considered to be resolved.

The London Health Sciences Centre says it is caring for 19 COVID-19 patients. Eight patients are in intensive care. None of the patients in intensive care are in Children’s Hospital.

As of Friday in Elgin and Oxford counties, 38 new cases were reported by Southwestern Public Health.

There are three active outbreaks at local schools – Mary Wright Public School in Strathroy and Notre Dame Catholic, St Vincent De Paul Catholic Elementary in London.

The Thames Valley school board reported additional cases at three more schools on Friday at Glendale High School, Oakridge Secondary School and Westfield Public School.

The province reported 728 new cases Saturday and five additional deaths.

 

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