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Health unit warning: take lockdown precautions now
Dr. Joyce Lock, medical officer of health for Southwestern Public Health, advised local residents on Wednesday morning, Dec. 23, they should immediately take steps to protect themselves from the risk of catching COVID-19. The health unit announced that morning, before overall new case numbers were issued for the day, that the number of new cases…
Read MoreNow four cases among Davenport PS pupils and staff
Thames Valley District School Board on Tuesday night, Dec. 22, announced that two more confirmed COVID-19 cases had been identified among pupils and staff at Davenport Public School in Aylmer. That brings the total number of active cases there to four, the highest of any TVDSB public elementary school. The board noted that parents and…
Read MoreJump in Aylmer cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 26 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Woodstock on Tuesday morning, Dec. 22. That brought the ongoing total number of cases to 160, up from 158 the previous day. Aylmer and area saw a considerable jump to 33 cases on Tuesday from 27 on Monday, and…
Read MoreElgin Manor resident, Terrace Lodge staffer test positive for COVID-19
Elgin County announced late Monday afternoon, Dec. 21, its first case of a long-term care home resident testing positive for COVID-19, at Elgin Manor in Southwold. In addition, a third staff member at Terrace Lodge was also found to have the disease. That’s on top of two others who were diagnosed days earlier. In a…
Read MoreFord: 28-day lockdown starting Dec. 26
Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday, Dec. 21, announced that starting on Saturday, Dec. 26, most of the province would enter a 28-day “lockdown” period to try to curb the growing spread of COVID-19. Northern Ontario will do the same, but only for 14 days to start. He said the lockdown was necessary because of…
Read MoreSt. Thomas climbs to 28 COVID-19 cases
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 158 ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Monday, Dec. 21, down from 161 the previous day, including 28 in St. Thomas and area, up from 22 the previous day. Aylmer and area saw a decrease to 27 cases from 30, Bayham rose to 10…
Read MoreNow 30 positive cases in Aylmer
Southwestern Public Health was reporting on Sunday, Dec. 20, that the number of confirmed ongoing cases of COVID-19 in Aylmer and area had increased to 30 from 24 the previous day. While the overall number of new cases in the Southwestern region on Sunday decreased to 23 from 31 on Saturday, the number of ongoing…
Read MoreTwo Terrace Lodge staffers test positive for COVID-19
Elgin County announced Saturday night, Dec. 19, that two workers at Terrace Lodge long-term care home in Malahide had tested positive for COVID-19. The tests were the result of weekly surveillance testing at the home, the county stated. No other cases were reported at this time among staff or residents. Neither of the two workers…
Read MoreSouthwestern sees slight drop in cases
Southwestern Public Health announced that 31 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed on Saturday, Dec. 19, but the overall number of cases being tracked in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford dropped to 156 from 160. Southwestern remains in the “Orange-Restrict” colour code for pandemic restrictions. Aylmer and area’s number of cases dropped to 24…
Read MoreNow 27 cases in Aylmer, 16 in Bayham
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 27 confirmed cases of COVID-19 being tracked in Aylmer and area, up from 22 the previous day, on Friday, Dec. 18. Bayham also increased to 16 cases from 15, while St. Thomas and area dropped to 27 from 32. Central Elgin rose to three cases from two, West Elgin dropped…
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