Southwestern Public Health announced Friday afternoon, March 12, that a variant of COVID-19 had been confirmed in a case connected to St. Michael’s Catholic Elementary School in Woodstock. St. Michael’s had already been closed earlier in the week following the declaration of an outbreak after three cases were identified which seemed to be linked only…
Southwestern Public Health is reporting 16 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, March 12, up from six on Thursday. The health unit is now tracking 49 ongoing cases, up from 42 Thursday. Aylmer and area jumped to 19 ongoing cases Friday from 13 the previous day, while…
A structure fire at 144 Sydenham Street West in Aylmer caused an estimated $350,000 in losses on Thursday, March 11. One person was upstairs in the house when the fire started, but quickly escaped. No one was injured. The Aylmer Fire Department firefighters were dispatched at 5:53 p.m. and arrived on scene eight minutes later.…
A girl, 11, reported missing to St. Thomas Police on Thursday morning, March 11, was found safe, police reported at 12 noon that day.
Southwestern Public Health reported on Tuesday afternoon, March 9, that it was looking at seven possible additional cases of COVID-19 created by a “variant of concern.” Two cases had already been resolved, involving a variant first identified in the United Kingdom. Megan Cornwell of Southwestern Public Health said that the potential seven other variant cases…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting just one new confirmed case of COVID-19 on Tuesday, March 9, down from eight on Monday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford also dropped, to 44 from 60. Aylmer and area decreased to 17 cases Tuesday from 29 Monday,…
Southwestern Public Health reported eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, March 8, up from three on Sunday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, however, dropped to 60 from 72. Aylmer and area saw the biggest decrease, to 29 ongoing cases Monday from 47 on Sunday, while…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Sunday, March 7, down from five on Saturday. The health unit is now tracking 72 ongoing cases, down from 75 on Saturday. Aylmer and area rose slightly to 47 confirmed cases Sunday from 46 on Saturday. St.…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Saturday, March 6, down from seven on Friday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit also fell, to 75 from 82. Aylmer and area, including the major outbreak at Ontario Police College, decreased…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Woodstock on Friday, March 5, up from four on Thursday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit fell slightly, to 82 from 83. Aylmer and area had 63 ongoing cases on Friday, up from 58…
Southwestern Public Health spokesperson Megan Cornwell confirmed 94 cumulative cases at the Ontario Police College Friday morning, March 5. Out of the 94, 18 have been resolved and are no longer infectious. Some recruits are self-isolating at the college, while others are quarantined at home. This outbreak was first identified on Monday, Feb. 22. All…
With its online COVID-19 “dashboard” restored on Thursday, March 4 after being out the previous day due to technical issues, Southwestern Public Health was reporting four new confirmed cases of the virus in Elgin, St. Thomas and Middlesex. That brought the number of ongoing cases being tracked to 83. Aylmer and area increased to 58…