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Elgin Manor resident, Terrace Lodge staffer test positive for COVID-19
Elgin County announced late Monday afternoon, Dec. 21, its first case of a long-term care home resident testing positive for COVID-19, at Elgin Manor in Southwold. In addition, a third staff member at Terrace Lodge was also found to have the disease. That’s on top of two others who were diagnosed days earlier. In a…
Read MoreFord: 28-day lockdown starting Dec. 26
Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday, Dec. 21, announced that starting on Saturday, Dec. 26, most of the province would enter a 28-day “lockdown” period to try to curb the growing spread of COVID-19. Northern Ontario will do the same, but only for 14 days to start. He said the lockdown was necessary because of…
Read MoreSt. Thomas climbs to 28 COVID-19 cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 158 ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, Dec. 21, down from 161 the previous day, including 28 in St. Thomas and area, up from 22 the previous day. Aylmer and area saw a decrease to 27 cases from 30, Bayham rose to 10…
Read MoreNow 30 positive cases in Aylmer
Southwestern Public Health was reporting on Sunday, Dec. 20, that the number of confirmed ongoing cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area had increased to 30 from 24 the previous day. While the overall number of new cases in the Southwestern region on Sunday decreased to 23 from 31 on Saturday, the number of ongoing…
Read MoreTwo Terrace Lodge staffers test positive for COVID-19
Elgin County announced Saturday night, Dec. 19, that two workers at Terrace Lodge long-term care home in Malahide had tested positive for COVID-19. The tests were the result of weekly surveillance testing at the home, the county stated. No other cases were reported at this time among staff or residents. Neither of the two workers…
Read MoreSouthwestern sees slight drop in cases
Southwestern Public Health announced that 31 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed on Saturday, Dec. 19, but the overall number of cases being tracked in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford dropped to 156 from 160. Southwestern remains in the “Orange-Restrict” colour code for pandemic restrictions. Aylmer and area’s number of cases dropped to 24…
Read MoreNow 27 cases in Aylmer, 16 in Bayham
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 27 confirmed cases of COVID-19 being tracked in Aylmer and area, up from 22 the previous day, on Friday, Dec. 18. Bayham also increased to 16 cases from 15, while St. Thomas and area dropped to 27 from 32. Central Elgin rose to three cases from two, West Elgin dropped…
Read MoreEleventh death as numbers keep rising-updated
Southwestern Public Health was reporting the 11th death in its region linked to COVID-19 on Thursday, Dec. 17, as the number of new confirmed cases across Elgin, St. Thomas and Woodstock increased by 33. The health unit said the fatality involved an Elgin County man in his 70s. The health unit is tracking 149 ongoing…
Read MoreSecond case at Davenport Public School
Thames Valley District School Board has announced that a second confirmed case of COVID-19 was identified at Davenport Public School in Aylmer on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The school remains open and buses continue to run, the board states.
Read MoreSTEGH in “Red-Control” mode, most visitors not allowed
On Tuesday, December 15, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital announced that it would move itself into the “Red-Control” colour code and was cancelling general visits to patients, given the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the community. Those considered “essential caregivers” would still be allowed into the hospital, STEGH noted.
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