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No New Cases of COVID-19 Today in Southwestern Public Health Region

Southwestern Public Health is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 today and 6 more recoveries. We currently have 2 people in the hospital with the virus and both patients are in the ICU.

OXFORD/ST.THOMAS/ELGIN - Southwestern Public Health is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 today and 6 more recoveries.

Yesterday they reported 7 new cases in the region. We currently have 25 active cases overall, with only 3 in Oxford County.

Here is the complete breakdown of active cases right now according to Southwestern Public Health:

Aylmer - 13

Bayham - 6

St. Thomas - 3

Woodstock - 3 

Southwestern Public Health unveiled a new data base this morning with more information on all of the cases in our region. It includes they symptoms people who tested positive were displaying, how they contracted the virus, the percentage of men vs women and the age groups who got 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. Right now we have 2 COVID-19 patients in the hospital with the virus and both are in the ICU.

You can check out the new database from Southwestern Public Health online here. 

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