The Health Unit also confirmed several recoveries in Oxford County today, however we still have 39 active cases.
OXFORD/ST.THOMAS/ELGIN - Southwestern Public Health is reporting 4 new cases of the virus.
We currently have 44 active cases of the virus in the region with 39 in Oxford County after the Health Unit also confirmed a number of recoveries. Here is the breakdown of the locations according to Southwestern Public Health:
Woodstock - 15
Norwich - 10
South-West Oxford - 3
Ingersoll - 3
Zorra Township - 2
Tillsonburg - 2
Blandford-Blenheim - 2
East Zorra-Tavistock - 2
Aylmer - 4
St. Thomas - 1
To date we have had 8 institutional outbreaks at Long Term Care Homes. The active outbreak is at the Bethany Long Term Care Home in Norwich.
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. 18% 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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