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Southwestern Public Health was continuing to track 39 ongoing cases of COVID-19 confirmed by testing in Aylmer on Monday, Aug. 10, the same as the previous day. The number of cases in Bayham dropped to 16 from 18, and stayed steady at two in St. Thomas. In Oxford County, Tillsonburg saw its cases increase to…

Southwestern Public Health on Sunday, Aug. 9, reported that the number of COVID-19 cases confirmed by testing in Aylmer had declined for the second day in a row. The number had peaked at a high of 50 on Friday, Aug. 7. That slid down to 43 on Saturday, and to 39 on Sunday. The number…

Southwestern Public Health reported a reduction in the number of ongoing cases of COVID-19 confirmed by testing in Aylmer on Saturday, Aug. 8, to 43 from 50 the previous day. The number of cases in Bayham continued to climb, though, to 20 from 19. St. Thomas continues unchanged with two cases and Tillsonburg at nine.…

The number of ongoing COVID-19 cases confirmed by testing in Aylmer rose to 50 on Friday, Aug. 7, an increase of three from the previous day, Southwestern Public Health reported. Cases in Bayham also increased, to 19 from 17. St. Thomas remains at two cases, and in Oxford County Tillsonburg at nine and Norwich at…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting 47 cases of COVID-19 confirmed by testing in Aylmer as of Thursday, Aug. 6, an increase of five. The town had enjoyed a one-day respite, showing no new cases in what had been an upward spiral on Wednesday, Aug. 5, but that changed the next day. Bayham was reported to…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting 42 cases of COVID-19 confirmed by testing in Aylmer as of Tuesday, Aug. 4, up from 35 the previous day. Bayham increased slightly to 18 from 17, and St. Thomas from two to three. In Oxford County, cases in Tillsonburg increased to nine from eight, and remained steady at six…

One worker at Terrace Lodge long-term care home in Malahide has tested positive for COVID-19, Elgin County Warden David Mennill reported on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 1. The staff member was now self-isolating at home, he said. At this time, no other cases were reported among staff or residents at the home. He said family members…

COVID-19 cases in the in the Southwestern Public Health region (Elgin-St.Thomas-Oxford) continue to rise, though not as much as recent days. New cases listed on Friday, July 31 are  concentrated mostly in East Elgin. Aylmer now has 25 cases, up 2 from previous, and there are 10 reported cases in Bayham, up 4 from Thursday. St.…

**updated to reflect new information on masks** Aylmer continues its sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, jumping from 15 on Wednesday to 23 on Thursday, July 30. Aylmer alone makes up half the total COVID-19 cases in the Southwestern Public Health (SPH) region (Elgin-St.Thomas-Oxford). Aylmer has nearly as many as all of London-Middlesex (27), which has…

Aylmer is the regional hot spot for new cases of COVID-19. In just 24 hours, Aylmer, which already saw a spike in cases over the weekend, went from 9 positive cases to 15, according to Southwestern Public Health (SPH) reports. Bayham is reporting 6, down 1 from yesterday. St. Thomas is also down by 1…