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Another 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,…
Read MoreAylmer cases steady at 39
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…
Read MoreCases decline in Aylmer second day in a row
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…
Read MoreCases dip in Aylmer
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.…
Read MoreNow 50 cases in Aylmer, 19 in Bayham
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…
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