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The COVID-19 death toll at The Village at St. Clair grew to 34 during the first days of 2021, with nine of the deaths being reported from Dec. 30 to Jan. 4.
On Tuesday, Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare provided updated numbers on the novel coronavirus situation at the south Windsor long-term care facility which is currently enduring the largest and deadliest COVID-19 outbreak at any one location in the region thus far.
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To date, there have been 245 cases of COVID-19 at The Village at St. Clair 140 residents and 105 employees.
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There are 105 residents of long-term care and retirement homes with COVID-19, along with 62 staff members.
That includes an outbreak at The Village at St. Clair where one resident has died as a result of the disease and 54 others have been infected, along with 34 staff members, according to an update on the home s website.
There are also 21 cases of COVID-19, with more results pending, across three outbreaks on farms, Ahmed said.
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There are 890 active cases in Windsor-Essex and 91 people have died since the pandemic began.
Of the new cases announced Wednesday, 27 are connected to outbreaks, five are contacts of confirmed cases, two were community acquired and 79 are under investigation.