Last updated: Thursday December 24th, 10:31am
The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 141 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County as of Thursday, bringing the local total to 6,464.
Cases increased from 6,323 on Wednesday December 23rd to 6,464 on Thursday December 24th and 1,290 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
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The Health Unit says 33 cases are outbreak related, 6 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 1 cases are community acquired, and 101 cases are still being investigated.
They say 5,060 people locally have recovered (an increase of 147 recoveries today).
As of Thursday, the Health Unit is reporting nine new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the local death toll to 114. The Health Unit says:
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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 213 additional COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, bringing the region’s total number of cases to over 6,000.
One of the new cases is attributed to community spread, 37 are related to outbreaks, and 12 are close contacts of confirmed cases. The transmission sources for the remaining 161 cases are still under investigation by the health unit.
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Four additional COVID-19 deaths were also announced Tuesday. Three were men in their 70s and one was a man in his 80s. They all lived in the general community.
The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 250 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County as of Wednesday, bringing the local total to 6,323.
Cases increased from 6,073 on Tuesday December 22nd to 6,323 on Wednesday December 23rd and 1,305 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
Wednesday’s 250 new cases is another new record number of daily cases for Windsor-Essex. The previous record was 243 new cases on December 18th.
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The Health Unit says 32 cases are outbreak related, 13 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 6 cases are community acquired, and 199 cases are still being investigated.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at French Immersion Catholic school in Tecumseh
A cohort at a French Catholic school is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, according to a news release from the health unit Monday evening.
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There are three COVID-19 outbreaks at schools in Windsor-Essex as of Monday. (Francis Ferland/CBC) comments
A cohort at a French Immersion Catholic school is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, according to a news release from the health unit Monday evening.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) said a cohort at St. Mary French Immersion Catholic Elementary School in Tecumseh is in outbreak after three COVID-19 cases were confirmed in one classroom.
Last updated: Wednesday December 23rd, 9:55am: The Health Unit revised the resident numbers at Sun Parlor home down to 0
The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 213 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County as of Tuesday, bringing the local total to 6,073.
Cases increased from 5,861 on Monday December 21st to 6,073 on Tuesday December 22nd and 1,186 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
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The Health Unit says 37 cases are outbreak related, 12 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 2 cases are healthcare workers working in Michigan, 1 case is community acquired, and 161 cases are still being investigated.