The number of new daily COVID-19 cases in Sarnia-Lambton appears to be declining, just over a week after the community posted the second highest case rate per 100,000 people in the province.
Lambton Public Health reported 11 new cases Monday morning, bringing the total caseload to 1,782. The number of recovered cases is up 33 over the past 24 hours, dropping the active case count to 159.
There are still 35 deaths and eight active outbreaks locally.
Over the weekend, the health unit declared outbreaks over at four facilities, Fairwinds Lodge, Sumac Lodge, Fiddick's Retirement Home and Nursing Home, and one at an unknown workplace.
The number of COVID-positive patients at Bluewater Health is at 10, down one from Sunday.
Sarnia-Lambton's most recent weekly case rate of 289 per 100,000 is the second highest in the province, only trailing Windsor-Essex at 304 cases.
The provincial average for the week of January 10 to 16 was 142 per 100,000.