For the first time in many weeks, the number of ongoing cases being tracked by Southwestern Public Health in Tillsonburg and area has dropped to a single digit. At times in January, the number had been well over 100, but on Thursday, Feb. 4, the health unit reported Tillsonburg and area was at just nine…
Southwestern Public Health reported Wednesday, Feb. 3, that as of Jan. 29, it had completed the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations for residents who chose to get one at all retirement homes designated as “high risk” by the Ontario government in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford. Previously, vaccinations of residents in long-term care homes had…
Aylmer Police charged five persons involved in what was described as “marching” on John Street North in Aylmer near the downtown core on Friday, Jan. 29, just after 8 p.m. Chief Zvonko Horvat said police had received a complaint about several persons marching around, and officers found a group in the area of Talbot and…
Southwestern Public Health reported two deaths related to COVID-19 on Wednesday, Feb. 3, a man in his 70s from Elgin County and a woman in her 90s from Oxford, the latter a resident at PeopleCare long-term care home in Tavistock. The two latest fatalities bring the local death toll in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford…
Aylmer and area dropped to just four cases on Tuesday, Feb. 2, down from eight on Monday, Southwestern Public Health reported. The health unit recorded 13 new cases across Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, up from 10 on Monday, but the overall number of ongoing cases decreased to 152 from 166. St. Thomas…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 10 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, Feb. 1, up from eight the previous day. The total number of ongoing cases in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford now stands at 166, up from 159. St. Thomas and area rose to 23 cases Monday from 31 Sunday, Bayham to four…
Aylmer Police have charged two men, one 57 and one 26, with hosting an event exceeding numbers permitted under provincial COVID-19 emergency orders after an indoor service at the Church of God on John Street North Sunday, Jan. 31. In a statement Monday morning, Feb. 1, Police Chief Zvonko Horvat said the church as a…
Southwestern Public Health reported only eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Sunday, Jan. 31, down from 12 the previous day. The total number of ongoing cases being tracked in the region is now at 159, down from 161. St. Thomas and area increased to 21 cases on Sunday…
Aylmer Police stopped a vehicle on Glencolin Line that had left Aylmer Church of God moments earlier on Sunday, Jan. 31. The church held in indoor service that morning, and several police cruisers were nearby or drove by frequently. More in the Feb. 3 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Rob Perry)
Southwestern Public Health reported on Saturday, Jan. 30, that the death of an Elgin woman in her 80s was linked to COVID-19. That brings the death toll in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford related to the pandemic to 57. The health unit reported 12 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, down from 21 Friday.…
Aylmer Police Chief Zvonko Horvat, in a statement issued Friday, Jan. 29, said more officers would be on hand this Sunday, Jan. 31, for an expected drive-in service at a church on John Street South (Church of God). He said, “Community safety and well being and enforcement of laws is a top priority for Aylmer…
Southwestern Public Health reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, Jan. 29, down from 24 the previous day. The total number of ongoing cases in the region also dropped, to 182 from 187. Aylmer and area decreased to 13 cases on Friday from 17 on Thursday,…