Elgin County late Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 11, reported that it had been notified that a resident of its Terrace Lodge long-term care home had died in a COVID-19-related case. The death was the first of its kind in any of the county’s three long-term care homes since the COVID-19 pandemic began. County Warden Mary French,…
Southwestern Public Health announced three COVID-19 related deaths on Tuesday, Jan. 11, all residents of long-term care or retirement homes, including a woman in her 90s at Terrace Lodge in Malahide, a woman in her 80s at Caressant Care on Bonnie Place in St. Thomas and a man in his 80s at Secord Trails in…
Southwestern Public Health announced on Monday, Jan. 10, that two women in Woodstock, one in her 60s and one in her 70s, had died as a result of COVID-19. The total number of deaths in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford since the pandemic began now stands at 119. Monday, 22 local residents were hospitalized due…
Elgin County, in an update Sunday, Jan. 9, reported that in addition to the four residents and two staff members confirmed to have COVID-19 at Terrace Lodge long-term care home in Malahide just east of Aylmer, two more residents have been confirmed to have the virus, and one more was suspected of having it.
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital on Friday night, Jan. 7, reported an outbreak of COVID-19 in its fifth floor Acute Medicine Unit, with three patients testing positive for the virus. “The unit is currently closed to essential caregivers,” the hospital said in a statement. “STEGH is working closely with Southwestern Public Health Unit and its…
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital announced Friday, Jan. 7, that in line with provincial directives, surgical services were being reduced there in anticipation of an influx of COVID-19 patients in coming weeks. “Our surgical team is working to prioritize patients and will determine which surgeries can safely be postponed,” the hospital said. Anyone affected would…
Southwestern Public Health announced on Friday, Jan. 7, that even with restrictions on who is now eligible for testing, 194 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, up from 137 the previous day. The health unit is tracking 1,543 ongoing confirmed cases, up from 1,435 Thursday. Southwestern was reporting…
Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek announced Friday, Jan. 7, that he would not be seeking re-election this year and would resign from his seat in the provincial Legislature at the end of February. “When I entered politics over 10 years ago, I made three promises to myself: represent the people of Elgin-Middlesex-London to my fullest ability,…
Elgin County on Thursday, Jan. 6, issued updates on COVID-19 outbreaks at its three long-term care homes. Terrace Lodge in Malahide, just east of Aylmer, has a total of four residents and two staff members confirmed as infected with the virus, Elgin Manor in Southwold four residents and three staff members and Bobier Villa in…
The provincial “GoVaxx” COVID-19 mobile vaccination clinic will be at the East Elgin Community Complex in Aylmer on Wednesday, Jan. 12, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Appointments are required and can be booked by going to https://www.ontario.ca/page/go-vaxx-bus-schedule.
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital reported late Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 5, that it is running at 120 percent over its in-patient capacity of 65 beds. Those hospital wards are supposed to house just 65 patients. As of Thursday morning, the hospital has 14 COVID-19 patients in beds, with five of them, all unvaccinated, in STEGH’s…
Elgin libraries are staying open, though at reduced capacity due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, county Community and Cultural Services Director Brian Masschaele said Wednesday, Jan. 5. The occupancy limit inside branches would be limited to 50 percent of full capacity, but otherwise the same services as had been offered…