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Southwestern Public Confirms 2 New Cases of COVID-19 Today

Thursday, 22 October 2020 11:09

The new cases are in Woodstock and Blandford-Blenheim and the Health Unit also confirmed a recovery in Tillsonburg.

OXFORD/ST.THOMAS/ELGIN - Southwestern Public Health is reporting two new cases of the virus this morning and one recovery. 

We currently have 10 active cases of the virus in Oxford County and 17 overall for the region. Here is the breakdown of the locations according to Southwestern Public Health:

Woodstock - 4

Ingersoll - 3

Tillsonburg - 1

South-West Oxford - 1

Blandford-Blenheim - 1 

St. Thomas - 3

West Elgin - 3 

Aylmer - 1

To date we have had 7 institutional outbreaks at Long Term Care Homes. The Health Unit has recently declared the outbreak at the Caressant Care Mary Bucke Nursing Home in St. Thomas as resolved meaning we only have one active outbreak at the Chartwell Gardens in Aylmer. In both cases, no residents have tested positive, only staff members. 5 people from the region have died from the virus. 

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 do not have any COVID-19 patients in the hospital. 

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

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