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Southwestern Public Confirms 15 New Cases of COVID-19 Today

Wednesday, 11 November 2020 at 12:34

The Health Unit has also listed the outbreak at Secord Trails in Ingersoll as resolved. We currently have 1 person the hospital with the virus and they are in the ICU.

OXFORD/ST.THOMAS/ELGIN - Southwestern Public Health is reporting 15 new cases of the virus this morning and 6 recoveries.

The outbreak at Secord Trails has been listed as resolved.  

We currently have 39 active cases of the virus in the region with 33 in Oxford County. Here is the breakdown of the locations according to Southwestern Public Health:

Woodstock - 15

Norwich - 9

South-West Oxford - 3

Zorra Township - 2

Tillsonburg - 1

Ingersoll - 1 

Blandford-Blenheim - 1 

East Zorra-Tavistock - 1

Aylmer - 5

St. Thomas - 1 

To date we have had 7 institutional outbreaks at Long Term Care Homes. All of the outbreaks are currently listed as resolved. 

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. We currently have 1 person in the hospital in the ICU with COVID-19 from the region. 

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

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