Active COVID-19 Cases Fall, Two Deaths Reported in Windsor-Essex Tuesday

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There were 39 new cases of COVID-19 in the Windsor-Essex region on Tuesday and two people died, the health unit reported.

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) reported 39 new cases. With more people now recovered from COVID-19, there are 333 ongoing COVID-19 cases in the region, a decrease of 33 cases since Monday.

About half of the cases in the region are worrisome variants of COVID-19.

The health unit reports 450 deaths from COVID-19, an increase of two since Monday. One death was a woman in her 80s, the second a man in her 50s.

Of the new cases in the region, 18 are closed contacts of confirmed cases, six were acquired in the community, three are related to outbreaks and 12 cases are still under investigation.

The health unit reports 21 ongoing outbreaks, defined as when two or more people in one setting contract COVID-19 within a given setting, including five outbreaks in local schools.

The positive test rate for COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex is higher than the provincial average, according to data from Sept. 19. In Windsor, about 3.3 percent of COVID-19 tests are positive based on the seven-day moving average, compared to 2.4 percent in Ontario.

There are 20 people hospitalized with the virus, including five people in intensive care.

There is a local long-term care home in the outbreak. Berkshire Care Center reports one resident and four staff COVID-19 cases to date.

To date, 82 percent of Windsor Essex residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 75.4 percent are fully vaccinated.

Ontario’s vaccination mandate for indoor meals, entertainment and exercise goes into effect tomorrow, September 22.

On Monday, WECHU Executive Director Nicole Dupuis said the health unit has seen a steady number of residents come in for a first injection of the COVID-19 vaccine, but has not seen an increase related to the mandate of the vaccine.

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Reference-windsorstar.com

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