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Nineteen new cases on Tuesday, Oct. 26
Southwestern Public Health reported 19 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Oct. 26. By comparison, on Monday 35 cases, or an average of just under 12 daily, were recorded in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford from the weekend. The health unit is tracking 84 ongoing cases in its region, down from 87 on Monday.…
Read MoreNineteen new cases from weekend
Southwestern Public Health on Monday, Oct. 25, was reporting 35 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford from the weekend, an average of just under 12 a day, compared to 19 on Friday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit stands at 87, up from 82 Friday.…
Read MoreHerbert Hildebrandt trial, day one
The assault trial for Herbert Hildebrandt, of Malahide, began Friday, Oct. 22, with only one prosecution witness testifying before day’s end. Mr. Hildebrandt was charged with assault after allegedly pushing to the ground Jack Dykxhoorn, 84, of Malahide at the former Thompson family farm, across from the Church of God, at the north end of…
Read MoreCOVID cases more prevalent in Oxford
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 19 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, Oct. 22, up from 17 new cases on Thursday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit stood at 82 Friday, up from 79 Thursday, and two-thirds were in Oxford. Four Southwestern region…
Read MoreThursday brings 17 new COVID-19 cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 17 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, Oct. 21, up from 14 on Wednesday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit dropped slightly, to 79 from 80. On Thursday, 45.6 percent of all ongoing cases involved area residents 29…
Read MoreFourteen new cases in Southwestern region
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Wednesday, Oct. 20, up from eight the previous day. The health unit is now tracking 80 ongoing confirmed cases, up from 76 Tuesday. Four residents of the Southwestern area are hospitalized with COVID-19, two of them in…
Read More90th death from COVID-19 reported
Southwestern Public Health reported on Tuesday, Oct. 19, that an Elgin woman in her 80s had died as a result of COVID-19, the third such death in less than a week. The death of a St. Thomas man in his 60s was reported by Southwestern Public Health on Thursday, Oct. 14 and of an Oxford…
Read More30 new cases from weekend
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 30 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, Oct. 18, or an average of 10 a day. On Friday, the health unit had reported 24 new cases for one day. Southwestern is currently monitoring 88 ongoing cases across its area, down from 92 on…
Read More89th death related to COVID-19
For the second day in a row, Southwestern Public Health on Friday, Oct. 15, announced a death related to COVID-19, this time involving an Oxford woman in her 70s. Her death brings to 89 the number of fatalities associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford. The death of a St. Thomas…
Read MoreSt. Thomas man region’s 88th COVID-19 death
Southwestern Public Health on Thursday, Oct. 14, announced the death related to COVID-19 of a St. Thomas man in his 60s. His was the 88th such death in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford since the pandemic began. The health unit was also reporting 12 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, down from 13 the…
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