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Three new cases in Southwestern region
Southwestern Public Health was reporting three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Sunday, March 7, down from five on Saturday. The health unit is now tracking 72 ongoing cases, down from 75 on Saturday. Aylmer and area rose slightly to 47 confirmed cases Sunday from 46 on Saturday. St.…
Read MoreBig drop in Aylmer area cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Saturday, March 6, down from seven on Friday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit also fell, to 75 from 82. Aylmer and area, including the major outbreak at Ontario Police College, decreased…
Read MoreSeven new cases of COVID-19 in Southwestern region
Southwestern Public Health was reporting seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Woodstock on Friday, March 5, up from four on Thursday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit fell slightly, to 82 from 83. Aylmer and area had 63 ongoing cases on Friday, up from 58…
Read MoreOntario Police College COVID-19 cumulative case count at 94
Southwestern Public Health spokesperson Megan Cornwell confirmed 94 cumulative cases at the Ontario Police College Friday morning, March 5. Out of the 94, 18 have been resolved and are no longer infectious. Some recruits are self-isolating at the college, while others are quarantined at home. This outbreak was first identified on Monday, Feb. 22. All…
Read MoreSouthwestern restores COVID-19 “dashboard”
With its online COVID-19 “dashboard” restored on Thursday, March 4 after being out the previous day due to technical issues, Southwestern Public Health was reporting four new confirmed cases of the virus in Elgin, St. Thomas and Middlesex. That brought the number of ongoing cases being tracked to 83. Aylmer and area increased to 58…
Read MoreCOVID-19 updates unavailable
Southwestern Public Health is reporting that technical issues are keeping it from updating its COVID-19 online “dashboard,” which records the number of cases in local communities and other statistics related to the virus on its website. The health unit stated it was seeking help to remedy the issue.
Read More“Variant of concern” shows up in Southwestern region-updated
Southwestern Public Health announced on Thursday, March 4, that two residents of the Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford region had fallen ill with a COVID-19 “variant of concern,” but have already recovered. The health unit believed the virus was caught by the pair, who reside together, during travel outside of Canada. Megan Cornwell, on behalf…
Read MoreAylmer listed at 54 ongoing COVID-19 cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, March 2, up from three on Monday. Across the region, the health unit is tracking 82 ongoing cases, down from 85 Monday. Most of those cases are due to an outbreak at the Ontario Police College.…
Read MoreCOVID-19 numbers level off Monday
Southwestern Public Health was reporting three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, March 1, down from 31 on Sunday, as a large outbreak at Ontario Police College seemed to level off, at least for the moment. That outbreak started last week, and the 31 confirmed new cases on Sunday were mostly results from mass…
Read MoreUpdated: Number of cases in Aylmer and area jumps to 59
Southwestern Public Health reported Sunday, Feb. 28, that the number of ongoing cases of COVID-19 being tracked in Aylmer and area rose to 59 from 30 on Saturday. The health unit has confirmed the Aylmer and area cases centred on the Ontario Police College, the site of a major outbreak. Southwestern was reporting 31 new…
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