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Nine new cases, 61 ongoing
Southwestern Public Health is reporting nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, March 15, up from two on Sunday. The health unit is tracking 61 ongoing cases, up from 55. Aylmer and area cases rose slightly, to 18 Monday from 17 Sunday, while St. Thomas and area remained…
Read MoreNew cases level off
Southwestern Public Health, after two days of double-digit increases, reported only two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, March 14. That’s down from 18 on Saturday and 16 on Friday. The health unit is tracking 55 ongoing COVID-19 cases in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, down from 56 on Saturday. Aylmer and area decreased…
Read MoreEighteen new COVID-19 cases on March 13
Southwestern Public Health is reporting 18 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Saturday, March 13, up from 16 on Friday. However, the number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit increased by only seven, to 56 from 49. Aylmer and area cases decreased to 18 from 19,…
Read MoreCOVID-19 variant found at Woodstock school
Southwestern Public Health announced Friday afternoon, March 12, that a variant of COVID-19 had been confirmed in a case connected to St. Michael’s Catholic Elementary School in Woodstock. St. Michael’s had already been closed earlier in the week following the declaration of an outbreak after three cases were identified which seemed to be linked only…
Read MoreSix new COVID-19 cases in Aylmer
Southwestern Public Health is reporting 16 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, March 12, up from six on Thursday. The health unit is now tracking 49 ongoing cases, up from 42 Thursday. Aylmer and area jumped to 19 ongoing cases Friday from 13 the previous day, while…
Read MoreAylmer house fire causes $350,000 in damages
A structure fire at 144 Sydenham Street West in Aylmer caused an estimated $350,000 in losses on Thursday, March 11. One person was upstairs in the house when the fire started, but quickly escaped. No one was injured. The Aylmer Fire Department firefighters were dispatched at 5:53 p.m. and arrived on scene eight minutes later.…
Read MoreMissing St. Thomas girl found
A girl, 11, reported missing to St. Thomas Police on Thursday morning, March 11, was found safe, police reported at 12 noon that day.
Read MoreSouthwestern scrutinizing seven possible variant cases
Southwestern Public Health reported on Tuesday afternoon, March 9, that it was looking at seven possible additional cases of COVID-19 created by a “variant of concern.” Two cases had already been resolved, involving a variant first identified in the United Kingdom. Megan Cornwell of Southwestern Public Health said that the potential seven other variant cases…
Read MoreOnly one new COVID-19 case on Tuesday, March 9
Southwestern Public Health was reporting just one new confirmed case of COVID-19 on Tuesday, March 9, down from eight on Monday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford also dropped, to 44 from 60. Aylmer and area decreased to 17 cases Tuesday from 29 Monday,…
Read MoreOngoing cases down in Southwestern region
Southwestern Public Health reported eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, March 8, up from three on Sunday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, however, dropped to 60 from 72. Aylmer and area saw the biggest decrease, to 29 ongoing cases Monday from 47 on Sunday, while…
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