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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Dec. 15, down from 31 the previous day. St. Thomas and area was at 26 cases, down from 32 the previous day, Aylmer and area 22, down from 26, Bayham 11, down from 13, and West Elgin remained steady at two cases…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 32 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, Dec. 14. Aylmer and area saw a sizeable increase to 26 cases from 19, while St. Thomas and area jumped to 32 from 23 and West Elgin saw a slight increase to two from one. Bayham…
Southwestern Public Health was tracking 14 confirmed new cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Woodstock on Sunday, Dec. 13. Aylmer and area increased to 19 cases from 16, Bayham to 13 from 11 and St. Thomas and area to 23 from 22. Central Elgin, Southwold and West Elgin stayed steady at one case…