30 new COVID-19 cases reported in Windsor-Essex: WECHU windsor.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from windsor.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Today’s New Cases
Cases increased from 13,445 on Tuesday March 16th to 13,475 on Wednesday March 17th and 273 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
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The Health Unit says 2 cases are outbreak related, 8 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 1 case is community acquired, 1 case is travel-related to Michigan and 18 cases are still being investigated by the Health Unit’s nursing staff.
Vaccinations
Here’s the Health Unit’s vaccination update for today:
27,874 people have received only their first dose of the vaccine (+4,088 since yesterday)
11,881 people have received both doses of the vaccine (full series) (+4 since yesterday)
WINDSOR, ONT. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting no additional deaths and 30 new COVID-19 cases in the region on Wednesday. Windsor-Essex has had a total of 13,475 confirmed cases of the virus, including 12,801 people who have recovered. Here’s the breakdown of new cases: 2 cases are outbreak related 8 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases 1 case is community acquired 1 case is travel related to Michigan 18 case are still under investigation WECHU says 273 cases are considered active. There are 38 local Variant of Concern (VOC) cases have been identified in Windsor-Essex, two are the B.1.1.7 variant first reported in the United Kingdom while the others are unknown.
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The mayor’s chief of staff is questioning if the Downtown Mission leadership can keep their homeless patrons safe, in the wake of a rising COVID caseload and an “extraordinary” requirement that they sign a document pledging to follow a long list of precautions.
“It’s remarkable that the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has asked the Downtown Mission to sign a contract to meet the bare minimum health standards that all other service providers have committed themselves to for the past year,” Andrew Teliszewsky said in a Monday statement that follows the mission welcoming patrons into a temporary shelter at the old library building last week in defiance of health unit orders and in the midst of city efforts to establish a temporary shelter at the downtown aquatic centre. The number of people testing positive from the library has risen from five to eight, he said.