The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported seven COVID-19 cases and six recoveries on Sunday.The total case count sits at 12,533, of which 12,270 have recovered.
At least 37 cases are active.A total of 226 COVID-19-related deaths have been reported, most recently on Saturday. It involved a woman in her 80s.
She was not associated with a long-term care home or a retirement home.A total of 3,463 variants of concern have been identified in the region.The health unit says the Alpha variant (B.1.1.7), which was first identified in the U.K., has accounted for nearly all of them — 3,348 cases.Ninety-three cases have been confirmed to involve the Gamma variant (P.1), which was first identified in Brazil.