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Southwestern Public Health Confirms 8 New Cases of COVID-19 This Morning

Tuesday, 8 December 2020 at 11:57

We have more recoveries than new cases today according to Southwestern Public Health and a lot of those recoveries were in Oxford County.

OXFORD/ST.THOMAS/ELGIN - Southwestern Public Health confirmed 8 new cases of the virus this morning and 20 recoveries.

We currently have 90 active cases with most of them in Woodstock, Ingersoll, Aylmer and St. Thomas. Here is the breakdown of the locations according to Southwestern Public Health:

Woodstock - 17

Ingersoll - 7

Zorra Township - 6

Tillsonburg - 5

Norwich Township - 4

Blandford-Blenheim - 2

East Zorra-Tavistock - 1

South-West Oxford - 1

St. Thomas - 20

Aylmer - 18

Bayham - 7

Central Elgin - 1 

Southwold - 1 

To date we have had 11 institutional outbreaks at Long Term Care Homes. The only active outbreak in the region is at the Terrace Lodge in Aylmer after 1 staff member tested positive for COVID-19. We do not have anyone in the hospital with the virus according to the latest data from Southwestern Public Health. 

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. 

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

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