One person has died, nine others have tested positive for the novel coronavirus — six of them at local seniors homes — and eight more people have recovered in the region, the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported Thursday.
It brings the total number of cases in the region to 402, the number of deaths to 37 and the number of recovered cases to 220, or about 54 per cent of cases.
At least 145 cases remain active, according to the health unit’s figures. It comes a day after the health unit reported four deaths and nine new cases in the region.
According to the MLHU, the latest death was not linked to long-term care or retirement homes and involved a man in his 80s. No other information has been released.