as of Tuesday, with at least 15 in Elgin County and nine in Oxford County. Location details about the other three active cases were not available.
The area’s first two deaths involved women from Elgin: a woman in her 70s who became infected through travel and a woman in her 80s who became infected through close contact. According to Huron Perth Public Health , the deceased was from Stratford, Ont., while the two new cases were from Stratford and Huron County.Eighteen of Huron and Perth’s confirmed cases, nearly half of all cases, and two of its deaths have been from Stratford, HPPH figures show.The area’s second death, reported over the weekend, involved a woman in her 80s who was a resident of Greenwood Court in Stratford who became symptomatic on April 3.
HPPH reported additional cases over the holiday long weekend, including the first case in Listowel, Ont., which involves a woman in her 70s who has been hospitalized in the town.
How can less vulnerable people help besides just sitting at home? Is there a site showing volunteer movements in Middlesex Elgin county to help out vulnerable groups esp in senior homes? Is there enough supply of protective equipment (masks/gloves) if people come to help?