Image

About 34 percent of Lambton residents get first COVID dose

April 21, 2021

Meantime, an outbreak at Lambton College grows

About 34 per cent of eligible Lambton residents have now had their first vaccine.

Lambton Public Health says 40,103 people have been vaccinated including 2,340 who have had both doses.

Dr. Sudit Ranade told Lambton County councillors this morning public health is getting a steady supply of about 5,000 doses per week, however the mass vaccination clinic has been scaled back to three days a week. He says it is more efficient to deliver the available doses in three days.

The clinic has the capacity to deliver 2,500 per day.

Vaccination rates in Ontario seemed to soar with 136,695 people reportedly getting a jab Tuesday. Some experts say some of these people would have been vaccinated Monday but the data was held up because the delay in reporting due to the Rogers blackout. In all, 4.13 million people have had their first COVID-19 dose.

A number of data points from public health show a downward trend in the pandemic in Lambton. The region now has 59 cases of COVID-19 for every 100,000 people – that’s down from 68 last week. However it is still in the red or grey lockdown region of the provincial reopening framework.

Officials say 1.9 per cent of the tests being done are now positive; that’s down from 2.8 per cent last week.

While there are indications of improvement, there were 17 new cases reported today, including more people ill at Lambton College Residence. There are now five students who are COVID-19 positive.

A third outbreak was declared April 20 in a workplace – with five people COVID-19 positive. It’s the second workplace outbreak; the other has eight people with COVID-19.

Across the province another 4,212 people tested positive for COVID-19. Thirty-two have died. There were 2,335 people in hospital and 790 in the intensive care units.

Share This

Image
Front Page

No ATV rally for Petrolia Ag Society

June 15, 2025

The Independent There will not be ATVs rumbling through Petrolia this summer. Kelly Humphrey of the Petrolia Enniskillen Agricultural Society came to council in mid-May asking if PEAS could host an ATV rally with Greenwood Park as a starting and finishing point and using Petrolia streets to get to the starting and finishing point.  Julie Bullock, director of parks and

Read More

Image
Front Page

Fair banner may not fly

June 14, 2025

The Independent The Moore Agricultural Society has some big plans for the 175th anniversary of the Brigden Fair. But not all of their plans may work out. The ag society has asked for and received several approvals from St. Clair Township council for special events at the landmark fair including allowing a low-level Canadian Armed Forces Flyby and helicopter landings

Read More

Image
Front Page

Remembering Newell Hastings

June 14, 2025

Heather Wright/The Independent Sunday, Newell Hasting’s service to King and Country over a century ago was remembered in a peaceful church cemetery near Watford. Hasting was born in Petrolia and his family moved to Watford around the turn of the century. He signed up to serve in the miltia with Watford’s 149th Battalion before being called up for service. He

Read More

Image
Front Page

Sidewalk projects around First Ave this summer

June 13, 2025

Heather Wright/The Independent Sidewalks along First Street in Petrolia will be getting an upgrade once school is out for the summer. It’s part of the latest large project to improve the town’s sidewalk system. In 2023, BM Ross and Associates completed a study on Petrolia’s sidewalk system and found it lacking. It suggested $1.5 million in sidewalk construction was needed

Read More