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A London-area man in his 20s is in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the latest hospitalization as Southwestern Ontario cases reach 45.

New cases in Ontario soared to 858 Thursday, a 170-case increase from the day before and its highest single-day jump since the pandemic began. The total includes eight resolved cases and 15 deaths.

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It’s unclear how the hospitalized London man contracted the virus, but he’s not the only young adult who has landed in hospital for COVID-19 complications. An Elgin County man in his 30s is in the intensive care unit at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.

On Wednesday, five Sarnia-Lambton seniors — two men in their 80s, a man in his 70s, a woman in her 70s and a woman in her 60s — were admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.

The risk of hospitalization is low for children and young adults without underlying medical conditions and goes up as people age, said Chris Mackie, chief medical officer of health for the Middlesex-London Health Unit.