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Southwestern reports 13th COVID-19 death
Southwestern Public Health on Thursday, Dec. 31, reported its 13th death linked to COVID-19 since the pandemic began. The health unit stated the death involved a man in his 90s from Oxford County. The number of confirmed new cases of COVID-19 in the Southwestern Public Health region jumped by 71 on Thursday, Dec. 31, to…
Read MoreSouthwestern Public Health records 71 new cases in one day
Southwestern Public Health on Thursday, Dec. 31, recorded its biggest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases after recording 71 confirmed new cases. The previous record, 47, was set on Dec. 21. In a statement issued on Dec. 31, the health unit said that new forecasts indicated 100 or more daily new cases starting in early January.…
Read MoreOngoing Southwestern cases dip to 263 from 274
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 29 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Middlesex on Wednesday, Dec. 30, up slightly from 27 the previous day, but the overall number of ongoing cases being tracked dipped to 263 from 271. The number of confirmed ongoing cases in Aylmer and area dropped to 50…
Read MoreNew provincial record for daily COVID-19 cases
Ontario set a daily record for new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at 2,553. In the Southwestern Public Health region of Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, 27 new cases were reported Tuesday, the same as Monday, but the total number of ongoing cases rose to 274 from 263. The number of cases in Aylmer…
Read MoreMore charges from Sunday Church of God service
Aylmer Police announced early Tuesday, Dec. 29, that additional charges had been laid in connection with a drive-in service at the Church of God on John Street North on Sunday, Dec. 27, including obstructing a peace officer and intimidation of a justice participant, specifically a police officer. The charges were laid against a Malahide man,…
Read MoreAylmer and area Southwestern COVID-19 hotspot
Aylmer and area so far during the COVID-19 pandemic has recorded 234 confirmed cases, both ongoing and resolved, far more than the much larger communities of Woodstock and area at 182 and St. Thomas and area at 180. Trailing behind those three leaders, according to Southwestern Public Health records, are Tillsonburg and area at 129…
Read MoreAylmer Police blotter
Aylmer Police Inspector Nick Novacich reported the following on Sunday, Dec. 27: Impaired driving Officers were on patrol on Friday, Dec. 25, at 1:30 a.m. when they saw a northbound vehicle on Elm Street heading into an industrial area. The vehicle was spinning its tires, doing “donuts” on the road and police pulled over the…
Read MoreCharge laid over Church of God service Sunday, Dec. 27
A Malahide man, 37, was charged with organizing an event that exceeded provincial pandemic restrictions banning more than 10 persons gathering outdoors, during a Sunday drive-in service at Aylmer Church of God on Sunday, Dec. 27. The man was not identified by name, but an Express photographer on site at the time saw Herbert Hildebrandt…
Read MoreCOVID numbers keep climbing
Southwestern Public Health reported 37 new cases of COVID-19 in its region covering Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Sunday, Dec. 27, down from 44 the previous day. However, the number of confirmed ongoing cases continued to rise, to 261 from 235. Aylmer and area remained steady at 54 cases, Bayham at 12 and West…
Read MoreJump in Aylmer and area cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting Saturday, Dec., 26, that the number of ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area had jumped to 54 from 41 on Thursday. (Most COVID-19 information was not provided on Friday, Dec. 25.) Six new cases were confirmed across the Southwestern region on Christmas Day and 44 on Saturday,…
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