The Windsor Essex County Health Unit announced 170 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Wednesday, bringing the local total to 8,846.
Cases increased from 8,676 on Tuesday January 5th to 8,846 on Wednesday January 6th and 2,464 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
The Health Unit says 16 cases are outbreak-related, 6 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 2 cases are community acquired, and 146 cases are still being investigated.
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They say 6,195 people locally have recovered (an increase of 160 recoveries).
There have been seventeen new deaths from COVID-19 as of Wednesday bringing the local death toll to 187. The seventeen deaths are a new record daily number of COVID-19 deaths for Windsor Essex.
Long-term Care / Retirement Home Outbreaks
Devonshire Retirement Residence (Windsor) has 2 resident cases and 0 staff cases
Iler Lodge (Essex) has 0 resident cases and 1 staff case
Chartwell Royal Oak Kingsville (Kingsville) has 0 resident cases and 1 staff case
Rosewood Erie Glen (Leamington) has 1 resident case and 0 staff cases
Chateau Park (Windsor) has 0 resident cases and 3 staff cases
Leamington Mennonite Home (Leamington) has 0 resident cases and 3 staff cases
Riverside Place (Windsor) has 0 resident cases and 3 staff cases
Brouillette Manor (Windsor) has 0 resident cases and 1 staff case
Augustine Villas (Kingsville) has 7 resident cases and 2 staff cases
Sunrise Assisted Living of Windsor (Windsor) has 4 resident cases and 4 staff cases
The Health Unit gave a breakdown for the past two days (due to no update on Friday):
257 cases are reported from December 31st, 2020
182 cases are reported from January 1st, 2021
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Cases increased from 7,646 on Thursday December 31st to 8,085 on Saturday January 2nd and 2,280 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
The Health Unit says 60 cases are outbreak-related, 4 cases are community acquired, 1 case is a close contact of a confirmed case, and 374 cases are still being investigated.
They say 5,660 people locally have recovered (an increase of 84 recoveries).
There have been eight new deaths from COVID-19 since the Health Unit’s last update on Thursday, bringing the local death toll to 145. The Health Unit says:
The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 272 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Thursday, bringing the local total to 7,646.
Cases increased from 7,374 on Wednesday December 30th to 7,646 on Thursday December 31st and 1,933 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
Thursday’s 272 new cases is the highest single-day increase in cases in Windsor Essex.
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The Health Unit says 46 cases are outbreak-related, 3 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, and 223 cases are still being investigated.
They say 5,576 people locally have recovered (an increase of 145 recoveries today).
There have been eight new deaths from COVID-19 as of Thursday bringing the local death toll to 137. The Health Unit says:
The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 163 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Wednesday, bringing the local total to 7,374.
Cases increased from 7,211 on Tuesday December 29th to 7,374 on Wednesday December 30th and 1,814 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
The Health Unit says 34 cases are outbreak-related, 2 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, and 125 cases are still being investigated.
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They say 5,431 people locally have recovered (an increase of 146 recoveries today).
There have been no additional deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday and the local death toll stands at 129.
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