Bluewater Health is reporting two more COVID-19 related deaths involving patients from out-of-town.
There's been a total of 43 deaths linked to the virus at the hospital since the pandemic started over a year ago.
Communications Chief Julia Oosterman said four residents from the GTA have died since the weekend including two Tuesday night. She said there's currently 17 COVID-positive patients at the hospital with six in intensive care.
Lambton Public Health's death toll remains unchanged at 56, as it only includes local residents.
The health unit reported 14 new confirmed cases of the virus Wednesday, up to 3,350 since March 2020. The number of cases deemed resolved increased by nine to 3,216, increasing the active case count by five to 78.
There are four institutional and workplace outbreaks, unchanged in the last 24 hours.
The local COVID-19 incidence rate is holding steady. The rate of infection per 100,000 population was 53 for the week of May 2 to the 8th, unchanged from the week before. The positivity rate increased slightly to 2 per cent from 1.9 per cent.
To date, 55,209 Lambton residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine, including 3,319 second doses. That's 47 per cent of the eligible population.