One new COVID-19 case in Oxford and Elgin
One new confirmed ongoing case in Tillsonburg of COVID-19 was confirmed by Southwestern public health Thursday morning.
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One new case of COVID-19 was confirmed by Southwestern public health Thursday morning.
The positive Tillsonburg case brings the active cases in Oxford and Elgin counties to six.
There have been 56 cases already resolved in the health unit’s region
Four of the ongoing cases are in Oxford County – Woodstock, East Zorra-Tavistock, Tillsonburg and Ingersoll. In Elgin County, there are two confirmed ongoing cases – one in Malahide and another in St. Thomas.
Moffatt and Powell RONA in Tillsonburg announced Thursday afternoon a store associate had tested positive for COVID-19. The store was notified Wednesday and the employee’s previous shift was Tuesday.
In a Facebook post, the store said it’s “proceeding with an extensive cleaning and disinfecting of the premises.”
Anyone who visited the store between May 15 and May 19 should monitor themselves for symptoms until June 2 and call Telehealth Ontario if more information is needed.
There is one active institutional outbreak following a positive test of an employee at Secord Trails Care Community in Ingersoll. That long-term care home, owned by Sienna Senior Living, is working with the health unit to test for any possible spread of the virus.
The employee is still self-isolating after the outbreak was declared Monday.
The positive test was the first long-term care facility in Oxford County to have a resident or staff member confirmed with COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to new data from the health unit, which comes from the bed census summary from the province’s Health Ministry, the last hospitalization in Oxford or Elgin due to COVID-19 was April 28.
In the Southwestern public health region, there are no ongoing cases in any of the area’s four hospitals, according to critical care information from the Ministry of Health. The last case in the intensive care unit was May 3.
The health unit has completed 3,712 tests, with 3,445 negative results and a further 201 pending.
A total of 1.9 per cent of tests have come back positive, according to data from Southwestern public health.
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