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.
LAKESHORE, ONT. There was a large turnout with many ready to roll up their sleeves at a vaccination clinic targeted at youth in Lakeshore on Tuesday. The pop-up clinic was open to children and youth 12 to 17 years of age and any family member 18 years and older who need their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. This clinic was walk-up only, no appointment required and ran until 7 p.m. Youth must be 12 years of age or older on the day of vaccination. Marissa Heveans and her two sisters came to get their first dose at the Atlas Tube Centre with no objections.
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)