Since Friday, the Health Unit has confirmed an additional 39 cases of the virus and 9 recoveries. The Outbreak at Woodingford Lodge has been declared over.
OXFORD/ST.THOMAS/ELGIN - Southwestern Public Health confirmed 9 new cases of the virus this morning and did not report any recoveries.
Since Friday the health unit has recorded an additional 39 cases and they issued a warning that these numbers are indicative of a move to the red zone.
We currently have 102 active cases with most of them in Woodstock, Ingersoll, Aylmer and St. Thomas. Here is the breakdown of the locations according to Southwestern Public Health:
Woodstock - 23
Ingersoll - 13
Tillsonburg - 6
Zorra Township - 5
Norwich Township - 4
Blandford-Blenheim - 2
South-West Oxford - 2
St. Thomas - 22
Aylmer - 19
Bayham - 5
Southwold - 1
To date we have had 11 institutional outbreaks at Long Term Care Homes. Over the weekend the outbreak at the Woodingford Lodge was declared over. A new outbreak was declared at the Terrace Lodge in Aylmer after 1 staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
The number one symptom that has led to a positive test in the region is a cough, followed by a fever. Other symptoms that have resulted in positive tests include fatigue, headache, sore throat, shortness of breath and nasal congestion just to name a few. 17% of people who have tested positive in our region were asymptomatic.
You can check out the new database from Southwestern Public Health online here.

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