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COVID cases more prevalent in Oxford
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 19 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, Oct. 22, up from 17 new cases on Thursday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit stood at 82 Friday, up from 79 Thursday, and two-thirds were in Oxford. Four Southwestern region…
Read MoreThursday brings 17 new COVID-19 cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 17 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, Oct. 21, up from 14 on Wednesday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit dropped slightly, to 79 from 80. On Thursday, 45.6 percent of all ongoing cases involved area residents 29…
Read MoreFourteen new cases in Southwestern region
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Wednesday, Oct. 20, up from eight the previous day. The health unit is now tracking 80 ongoing confirmed cases, up from 76 Tuesday. Four residents of the Southwestern area are hospitalized with COVID-19, two of them in…
Read More90th death from COVID-19 reported
Southwestern Public Health reported on Tuesday, Oct. 19, that an Elgin woman in her 80s had died as a result of COVID-19, the third such death in less than a week. The death of a St. Thomas man in his 60s was reported by Southwestern Public Health on Thursday, Oct. 14 and of an Oxford…
Read More30 new cases from weekend
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 30 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, Oct. 18, or an average of 10 a day. On Friday, the health unit had reported 24 new cases for one day. Southwestern is currently monitoring 88 ongoing cases across its area, down from 92 on…
Read More89th death related to COVID-19
For the second day in a row, Southwestern Public Health on Friday, Oct. 15, announced a death related to COVID-19, this time involving an Oxford woman in her 70s. Her death brings to 89 the number of fatalities associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford. The death of a St. Thomas…
Read MoreSt. Thomas man region’s 88th COVID-19 death
Southwestern Public Health on Thursday, Oct. 14, announced the death related to COVID-19 of a St. Thomas man in his 60s. His was the 88th such death in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford since the pandemic began. The health unit was also reporting 12 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, down from 13 the…
Read MoreRising COVID counts bring warning
Southwestern Public Health Medical Officer of Health Dr. Joyce Lock issued a special appeal to area residents in the face of steadily rising COVID-19 case counts, Wednesday, Oct. 13. In a statement, she said local numbers “are rising at a time when the seven-day average number of cases in Ontario is declining. “Most active cases…
Read More53 new cases over the Thanksgiving weekend
Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford are continuing to experience a slow increase in the number of new and ongoing cases of COVID-19 among residents. Southwestern Public Health on Tuesday, Oct. 12, reported 53 new cases were confirmed over four days during Thanksgiving, or an average of just over 13 a day, compared to 16 last…
Read MoreTwo crash death victims named
Peter Harder, 29, of Aylmer and Neil Banman, 26, of Chatham-Kent, died after a pickup truck went into a ditch on Richmond Road between Vienna Line and Calton Line, on the boundary between Malahide and Bayham, on Saturday night, Oct. 9, at about 8:53 p.m. A third person from that truck was also badly injured…
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