As of Wednesday morning, more than 7,000 eligible minors had rolled up their sleeves since May 23, the day the age group became allowed to book vaccine appointments.
New Cases
Cases increased from 16,533 on on Sunday May 30th to 16,558 on Monday May 31st and 223 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
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The Health Unit says 7 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 6 cases are community acquired, and the acquisition sources of 12 cases are still being investigated by the Health Unit’s contact tracing staff.
Variants of Concern
The Health Unit says 1,792 preliminary or confirmed variant of concern cases have been identified to date (an increase of 27 identified since yesterday).
Variant case totals:
1,661 of the total variant cases to date have been the U.K. Variant (B.1.1.7) (increase of 31 identified since yesterday)
"We need your help. We are almost at the end of the tunnel," says the Windsor-Essex medical officer of health, urging people to stay vigilant even though more than 70 per cent of adults in the region have been vaccinated at least once.