The Middlesex-London Health Unit is reporting nine new COVID-19 cases and eight recoveries, bringing the local case count to 12,608 and total recoveries to 12,327.
The number of active cases climbed by one to 55.
Two more variant cases have been flagged for a total of 3,489.
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The breakdown of variant cases is as follows:
3,360 cases of the Alpha variant (B.1.1.7), first identified in the U.K.
96 cases of the Gamma (P.1) variant, first identified in Brazil
25 cases of the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant, first identified in India
two cases of the Beta (B.1.351) variant, first identified in South Africa
one case of the Kappa (B.1.617.1) variant, first identified in India
one case of the Zeta (P.2) variant, first identified in Brazil
There are also three cases listed only as B.1.617 and one case listed as B.1.617.3.
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A total of 11,409 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in London since the pandemic began, while 360 have been in Middlesex Centre and 335 in Strathroy-Caradoc.
The London Health Sciences Centre says it is caring for 10 inpatients with COVID-19 as of Wednesday, a decrease of one from Tuesday, with fewer than five in the ICU.
Of those, no patients in acute care are from outside of the region and fewer than five in the ICU are from outside of the region. In an effort to protect the privacy of patients, LHSC only provides specific numbers when there are more than five.
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Fewer than five staff members currently have COVID-19.
At St. Joseph’s Health Care London, the organization reported no current COVID-19 cases among its patients or staff.
Institutional outbreaks
The MLHU is not reporting any institutional outbreaks, however, there is an outbreak tied to indoor gatherings at Christ Embassy Church at 1472 Dundas St. in London.
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As of Monday, six cases were associated with the outbreak, though medical officer of health Dr. Chris Mackie said the health unit was awaiting “a number of tests of people who were contacts.”
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Anyone who attended any indoor gatherings at the church between June 20 and June 30 is asked to monitor themselves for symptoms of COVID-19 and to get tested if symptoms develop.
Vaccinations and testing
As of the end of the day on July 3, 76.7 per cent of residents age 12 and older have had at least one dose while 34.8 per cent are fully vaccinated.
More than 500,000 doses of COVID-19 have been administered in the region.
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