Weekend brings 9 more deaths, 171 new COVID-19 cases in Middlesex-London | CBC News
Nine more people have died of COVID-19 and 171 more people have tested positive for the virus, according to data from the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) over the weekend.
On Sunday, public health reported seven deaths and 54 more cases.
Six of the deaths — two men in their 70s, a woman in her 80s, two women and one man in their 90s — were linked to a long-term care home. The other individual, a man in his 90s, was not linked to a retirement or long-term care home.
On Saturday, public health reported two deaths and 117 new cases. The deaths were a man in his 70s linked to a long-term care home and a man in his 80s who wasn’t linked to either a retirement home or long-term care home.
Public health also reported the first case of the COVID-19 variant, originally detected in the United Kingdom, on Saturday. The health unit said the person, who is in their 80s, has recovered from the illness and hadn’t travelled outside of Canada.
CBC News confirmed the individual wasn’t in a long-term care home.
New school case
There’s a new case of COVID-19 at Clarke Road Secondary School, according to the Thames Valley District School Board.
In a media release sent Saturday, the board said that staff, parents and guardians of affected school communities were notified immediately.
Right now, special education classes are the only classes taking place in-person at the region’s public schools. Elementary and secondary classes are happening online.
More to come.
