LONDON, ONT. --
The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting 94 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, and three new deaths including an 18-year-old male.
It is the most deaths reported in a single day in several weeks, with the highest ever - seven deaths - reported Jan. 17. The 18-year-old represents the youngest victim from the region to date.
MLHU Medical Officer of Heath Dr. Chris Mackie says there are few details available at the moment about the death other than that he was admitted to hospital in respiratory distress and died the same day.
"Unfortunately other people in his family are also sick and so it's difficult for us to get full data. At this point we know this is a not person who was in post-secondary, we don't believe that this was a person who was a high school student either...at this point. We also dont' know if there were underlying medical conditions."