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Now 16 Maple Manor deaths linked to COVID-19
Southwestern Public Health reported on Sunday, Jan. 17, that two more deaths of Maple Manor Nursing Home residents in Tillsonburg had occurred, bringing the death toll there connected to the pandemic to 16. At the nursing home, 81 residents and 51 staff have tested positive for the virus, plus the 16 dead. The latest deaths…
Read MoreAnother death at Maple Manor
Southwestern Public Health reported on Saturday, Jan. 16, the 14th death linked to a massive COVID-19 outbreak at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Tillsonburg. The fatality involved an Oxford man, 88. As of Saturday, 81 residents and 50 staff at Maple Manor were positive for COVID-19. The death brings to 40 the total number of…
Read MoreOngoing cases up in Southwestern region
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 42 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, Jan. 15, down from 55 the previous day. However, the overall number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford rose to 385 from 369. St. Thomas and area increased to 75 cases Friday from…
Read MoreSt. Thomas Police won’t stop anyone to see if they’re obeying stay-at-home order
St. Thomas Police Chief Chris Herridge issued a statement Thursday, Jan. 14, saying his officers won’t stop a pedestrian or vehicle or enter a home just to check on compliance with Ontario’s new “stay-at-home” order. He stated that St. Thomas Police would “continue to prioritize emergency response by referring pandemic-related complaints to City of St.…
Read MoreTwo Elgin deaths linked to COVID-19
Southwestern Public Health reported the deaths of two persons from Elgin County connected to COVID-19 on Thursday, Jan. 14. One, a resident at Carresant Care Bonnie Place in St. Thomas, was a woman, 82, and the other was a man, 79. The total number of deaths connected to COVID-19 in the Southwestern region of Elgin,…
Read MoreSouthwestern gives first vaccinations
On Tuesday, January 12, PeopleCare Tavistock resident Earl Morrison was one of the first long-term care home residents in the Southwestern Public Health region to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Southwestern, in a statement, said, “This significant milestone in the region’s fight against the deadly virus resulted from a partnership among London Health Sciences Centre, Oxford…
Read MoreFord says no confusion over stay at home order
Ontario Premier Doug Ford in a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 13, said that despite the claims of some, no one should be confused about the new “stay at home” order that takes effect on Thursday. “It’s very simple. Stay home. Stay home. That’s all.” If the question was, “Should I go out?” he said,…
Read MoreTwo COVID deaths at Maple Manor
Southwestern Public Health on Wednesday, Jan. 13, announced that two additional deaths linked to COVID-19 had occurred at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Tillsonburg. Two Oxford men, 82 and 96, had died, bringing the total number of fatalities involving residents there to 13. The health unit reports 80 residents and 48 staff members remain infected…
Read MorePremier issues “Stay at home” order
Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday, Jan. 12, ordered all Ontarians to “stay at home” effective Thursday, Jan. 14. He said he has declared a new state of emergency for the province given the rapidly rising number of COVID-19 cases, the threat the health care system would be overwhelmed and an increasing number of deaths. Ontarians…
Read MoreLocal COVID-19 deaths continue to rise
Southwestern Public Health announced three more deaths, all in Oxford, linked to COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, Jan. 12. They included two deaths at PeopleCare long-term care home in Tavistock, two women, one 96 and one 94, and one woman, 93 from the general population of Oxford. That brings the total number of deaths linked to…
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