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Southwestern Public Health tracking 27 ongoing COVID-19 cases
Southwestern Public Health on Monday, Aug. 24, was tracking 27 ongoing cases of COVID-19 in Elgin County, St. Thomas and Oxford County. The electronic “dashboard” on the health unit’s website had been down for several days as Southwestern and other health units in Ontario switched to a new reporting system. Thirteen of the ongoing cases…
Read MoreMan held in commercial fishing boat fire
A man, 19, is in Elgin Ontario Provincial Police custody after a commercial fishing vessel was heavily damaged by a fire on Saturday night, Aug. 22. The fire was being investigated as an arson by police and the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office, Elgin OPP Constable Troy Carlson said. The fire was spotted at 11:45 p.m.,…
Read MoreCase numbers fluid
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 16 ongoing cases of COVID-19 confirmed by testing in Aylmer and area on Wednesday, Aug. 19, an increase of one from the previous day. Bayham had seven cases, down from nine, and St. Thomas and area seven compared to eight the previous day. Tillsonburg and area remained the same at…
Read MoreNew cases in Aylmer, St. Thomas
Aylmer and area saw a slight increase in ongoing cases of COVID-19 confirmed by medical testing on Tuesday, Aug. 18, going up to 15 from 14 on Monday. St. Thomas and area saw a bigger jump to eight cases from four, while Bayham experienced a substantial decrease, to six cases from nine. Tillsonburg and area…
Read MoreAnother drop in local cases
Southwestern Public Health on Monday, Aug. 17, was reporting another good-sized reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases confirmed by medical testing in Aylmer and area. That number dropped to 14 Monday from 19 Sunday. Bayham was reported at nine cases, seeing its own substantial reduction from 13, St. Thomas went to four from five…
Read MoreBig drop in Aylmer cases
The number of ongoing COVID-19 cases confirmed by testing in Aylmer and area took a big drop on Sunday, Aug. 16. Southwestern Public Health was reporting 19 ongoing cases, compared to 27 just the previous day. Bayham remained at 13 cases and St. Thomas at five, while Tillsonburg saw a slight reduction, to five from…
Read MoreAttempted child abduction in Corinth
A boy, 4, was reportedly the target of an attempted abduction on Best Line in Bayham Township on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at around 4 p.m. Constable Patti Cote on behalf of Elgin Ontario Provincial Police stated that the boy had been playing alone on the front porch of his Corinth home when a vehicle stopped…
Read MoreContinued slow decline of COVID-19 cases in Aylmer and area
Aylmer and area continue to see a slow decline in the number of active COVID-19 cases being tracked by Southwestern Public Health. The health unit was reporting 31 cases in Aylmer and area on Thursday, Aug. 13, down from 32 the previous day. Bayham has 14 cases still ongoing, compared to 17 on Wednesday. St.…
Read MoreAylmer cases down again
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 32 ongoing cases of COVID-19 confirmed by testing in Aylmer and area on Wednesday, Aug. 12, down from 37 the previous day. Bayham cases dropped to 17 from 19, but St. Thomas saw an increase of one case to a new total of three. Tillsonburg’s cases went to eight from…
Read MoreAylmer down by two, but Bayham up by three
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 37 cases of COVID-19 confirmed by medical testing in the Aylmer area on Tuesday, Aug. 11. That’s down from 39 on the previous two days. Last Friday, the number of cases in Aylmer had peaked at 50. The health unit on Aug. 11 was also reporting 19 cases in Bayham,…
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