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Southwestern Public Health Confirms 56 New Cases of COVID-19 This Morning

The Health is reporting 56 new cases of COVID-19 from the weekend and 38 resolved cases. Also a woman in her 70's from Oxford County is the 69th local COVID-19 related death.

OXFORD/ST.THOMAS/ELGIN - Southwestern Public Health confirmed 56 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, 38 resolved cases and one additional COVID-19 related death. 

The deceased is a woman in her 70's from Oxford County. This death is not related to a Long-Term Care or a Retirement Home. This is the 69th confirmed COVID-19 related death in the Southwestern Public Health Region. 

We currently have 92 ongoing cases within the health unit and you can find the complete break down below;

Woodstock - 26

Ingersoll - 7

Tillsonburg - 5

South-West Oxford - 3

East Zorra-Tavistock - 2

Blandford-Blenheim - 2 

Norwich Township - 1

St. Thomas - 24

Central Elgin - 11

Dutton-Dunwich - 4

Malahide - 3

Bayham - 2

Aylmer - 1

West Elign - 1 


One person is currently being treated for the virus at the hospital.

Southwestern Public Health has screened 65 people for a variant of concern, of those cases, 14 are still active. Southwestern Public Health have now administered at least one dose of vaccine to 7,618 people or 5.5% of the population. 

You can find more information regarding local COVID-19 cases and outbreaks online here.

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