The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported five new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the local total to 12,525.Nine more cases have resolved, bringing that total to 12,246, with 55 cases currently active.
The number of deaths remains unchanged at 224.The number of variant cases in the region has climbed by three to 3,442.The health unit says the Alpha variant (B.1.1.7), first identified in the U.K., has accounted for nearly all of them — 3,345.
Ontario to officially move into Step 2 of reopening plan on June 30 Eighty-six cases have been confirmed to involve the Gamma variant (P.1), first identified in Brazil.