One person has died, seven others have tested positive for novel coronavirus — six of them at local seniors’ homes — and one additional outbreak has been reported, Ontario’s Middlesex-London Health Unit (MHLU) reported Friday.
It brings the total number of cases in London and Middlesex to date to 409, and the number of deaths to 38. Health officials also said five more people had recovered, bringing that total to 225 — about 55 per cent of cases.
Details about the recovered case were not available. The total number of outbreaks now stands at 17, with 10 still active. Health officials said the death was not linked to any local long-term care or retirement home, and involved a woman in her 80s.