A London-area woman and five Sarnia-Lambton seniors are in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, as Southwestern Ontario’s case count hit at least 40 Wednesday.
A London-area woman and five Sarnia-Lambton seniors are in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, as Southwestern Ontario’s case count hit at least 40 Wednesday.
Provincial public health officials announced 100 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario in the first of their twice-daily updates on the tally.
Nine people have died in Ontario from the coronavirus.
Within the Middlesex-London Health Unit area, a woman in her 80s, who contracted COVID-19 from close contact with an infected person, is in hospital.
A London-area woman in her 70s who recently visited the Philippines also has tested positive for the virus. She is self-isolating, the provincial report said.
The London-area health unit announced three newl positive COVID-19 cases Wednesday, but details on the individuals and how they contracted the virus were unavailable.
Health workers screen motorists for the possible symptoms of Covid-19 outside at the Carling Optimist Centre one of two screening centres set up in London, Ont. Photograph taken on Wednesday March 25, 2020. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
Sarnia-Lambton Public Health announced its first five COVID-19 cases Wednesday. All involve people over age 60, the agency said.
“Each person presented at Bluewater Health’s emergency department, where they were safely screened and tested for the illness,” the Sarnia-Lambton hospital network said in a statement. “The patients are isolated in the hospital safely and all hospital infection-control protocols were followed and well-managed by the health-care team.”
Windsor-Essex is reporting at least two new cases: a man in his 60s who travelled to the U.S., and a man in his 40s.
Southwestern Public Health, which serves Oxford and Elgin counties, reported its second case of COVID-19 Wednesday, a man in his 30s from Oxford County who was in close contact with an infected person. He is in self-isolation at home.
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital said Tuesday that the area’s first COVID-19 case, announced a day earlier, was in hospital.
Southwestern Ontario COVID-19 cases
By public health unit, as of 12:30 p.m. March 25
Middlesex-London: 19, including one resolved
Sarnia-Lambton: 5
Windsor-Essex: 4
Grey-Bruce: 4
Chatham-Kent: 2
Huron-Perth: 2
Brant County: 2
Southwestern Public Health (Oxford, Elgin counties): 2
Total: 40
