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Southwestern Public Health is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 confirmed by medical testing on Tuesday, July 28, both in Aylmer. Currently the health unit is reporting 22 cases in total in Elgin-St. Thomas, with nine in Aylmer, seven in Bayham and six in St. Thomas. There are no longer any patients with COVID-19 hospitalized…

The number of COVID-19 cases confirmed by medical testing in Aylmer and Bayham continues to grow. On Saturday, July 25, Southwestern Public Health was reporting four confirmed cases in Aylmer, double the number from the previous day, and four in Bayham, up by one from Friday. St. Thomas remains at six ongoing cases. The number…

Southwestern Public Health was reporting 12 cases of COVID-19 confirmed by medical testing on Friday, July 24, including one new case each in Aylmer and Bayham and two new ones in St. Thomas. Currently, the health unit is tracking six cases in St. Thomas, three in Bayham, two in Aylmer and one in Tillsonburg. The…

Southwestern Public Health is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 confirmed by medical testing on Thursday, July 23, one in Aylmer and one in Tillsonburg. On the plus side, one of five ongoing cases in St. Thomas has resulted in a recovery. Currently the health unit is reporting nine cases in total in Elgin, St.…

Two new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by testing in the East Elgin area, one in Bayham and one in Malahide. They were added Wednesday morning, July 22, to six ongoing cases in Elgin and St. Thomas. As of Thursday, July 16, Elgin and St. Thomas had no confirmed ongoing cases. That changed just…

The number of COVID-19 cases confirmed by testing in St. Thomas increased on Tuesday morning, July 21, to five from three the previous day. The three other St. Thomas cases had been reported by Southwestern Public Health on Sunday, July 19. One case in Bayham was confirmed on Saturday, July 18. Two more are ongoing…

Three new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed by medical testing in St. Thomas, Southwestern Public Health reported on Sunday, July 19. Elgin and St. Thomas had been clear of confirmed cases as of Thursday, July 16. However, a new case showed up in Bayham on Saturday, July 18, and now more in St. Thomas.…

Elgin County’s status as being free of confirmed cases of COVID-19 lasted only a couple of days. On Saturday, July 18, Southwestern Public Health was reporting a new case in Bayham. No other cases are currently reported in Elgin or St. Thomas. in Oxford County, two ongoing cases confirmed by medical testing continue in Woodstock.

Southwestern Public Health on Thursday morning, July 16, was reporting no cases of COVID-19 confirmed by medical testing in Elgin or St. Thomas. The one ongoing case in Dutton Dunwich has recovered. Southwestern is reporting two ongoing cases in Woodstock. So far since the pandemic began, Southwestern had confirmed by testing 87 cases of COVID-19…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday, July 13, that by Friday, July 17, most of the province, including Elgin and St. Thomas, will move to “Stage 3” of the province’s plan for re-opening the economy and bringing life closer to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in March. He said 24 regions,…