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COVID continues gradual downward slide
Southwestern Public Health reported on Wednesday, Feb. 10, that seven new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in the Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford region, up from two on Tuesday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit continued a gradual downward slide, decreasing to 116 Wednesday from 117 Tuesday. St. Thomas…
Read MoreMaple Manor outbreak over, two deaths elsewhere in Oxford
Southwestern Public Health was reporting almost entirely good news on the COVID-19 front on Tuesday, Feb. 9, with the sad exception of two more deaths linked to the virus, both in Oxford. One was a man in his 80s and the other a woman in her 70s. She was a resident at Caressant Care Retirement…
Read MoreLockdown to end locally on Tuesday, Feb. 16
The Southwestern Public Health area and most other regions will come out of the current provincial COVID-19 “lockdown” on Tuesday, Feb. 16, Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday, Feb. 8. A few regions in Eastern Ontario will open sooner, and Toronto, York and Peel will have to wait until Monday, Feb. 22. “Today we’re seeing…
Read MoreOxford man’s death linked to COVID-19
Southwestern Public Health recorded the 63rd fatality connected to COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, Feb. 8, involving an Oxford man in his 50s. Only six new cases of the virus were confirmed in the region on Monday, down from 12 on Sunday. Currently, the health unit is tracking 134 ongoing cases,…
Read MoreCase numbers inch upward
Southwestern Public Health reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Sunday, Feb. 7, down from 14 on Saturday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit increased to 135 from 126. St. Thomas and area rose to 22 cases on Sunday from 19 Saturday.…
Read MoreAnother COVID-linked death–updated
Southwestern Public Health on Saturday, Feb. 6, reported the 62nd death linked to COVID-19 in the Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford region. The latest fatality was an Oxford woman in her 90s residing at Trillium Retirement Home in Norwich. The health unit recorded 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, down from 21 on…
Read MoreOnly 23 ongoing cases in Elgin and St. Thomas
Southwestern Public Health reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, Feb. 5, up from 11 the previous day. The total number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit decreased, though, to 123 from 134. St. Thomas and Elgin communities saw their number of cases either decrease or stay steady. The big increase…
Read MoreChurch of God questions cease and desist order
Aylmer Church of God Pastor Henry Hildebrandt , instead of agreeing or not to comply with a cease and desist order from the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, has responded with questions in a letter he posted online. The ministry sent a letter to Pastor Hildebrandt on Thursday, Nov. 4, asking him and the…
Read MoreAttorney General issues cease and desist order against Church of God
The Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General has issued a “cease and desist letter naming any pastors, elders and directors of the Church of God” on John Street North in Aylmer, town police announced on Thursday, Feb. 4. Deputy Chief Nick Novacich said the letter was served on church Pastor Henry Hildebrandt on Thursday morning.…
Read MoreTillsonburg cases down to single digit; two more deaths
For the first time in many weeks, the number of ongoing cases being tracked by Southwestern Public Health in Tillsonburg and area has dropped to a single digit. At times in January, the number had been well over 100, but on Thursday, Feb. 4, the health unit reported Tillsonburg and area was at just nine…
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