Second death in as many days, 20 new COVID-19 cases in Middlesex-London

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting a new death for the second day in a row and 20 new COVID-19 cases Thursday.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting a new death for the second day in a row and 20 new COVID-19 cases Thursday.

The new death, a man in his 70s, was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home. The death of man in his 70s was also reported Wednesday.

Wednesday's count raises the seven-day moving average of daily cases to 12.7, up from 12.1 on Wednesday.

The region now has a total of 14,344 cases and 245 deaths, with 13,998 cases resolved leaving 101 active.

Of the cases with an episode date in the past six weeks, 27.2 per cent are among the fully vaccinated, who also account for 27.6 per cent of hospitalizations and 30 per cent of deaths.

Positivity data updated Thursday for the week ending Oct. 16 shows 6,255 COVID-19 tests were done in Middlesex-London, and 1.1 per cent of those tests were positive. For the same period the provincial per cent positivity was 1.7 per cent.

The London Health Sciences Centre is dealing with six patients with COVID-19, down from nine on Wednesday.