Health unit reports 43 new cases of COVID-19, two deaths

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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has reported an additional 43 cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths from COVID.

 

A 50-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman, both living in the general community, have lost their lives as a result of the disease. Their deaths bring the number of local deaths from the pandemic to 456.

Since the health unit offices were closed on Thursday for National Truth and Reconciliation Day, Thursday’s count of 43 cases was also reported on Friday.

To date, 19,742 local residents have tested positive for COVID, including 297 active cases and 18,989 cases considered resolved.

 

  1. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit used a Windsor Transit bus as a mobile vaccination clinic outside Windsor City Hall on Tuesday, September 28, 2021.

    The health unit prepares the launch of the COVID vaccine for children from 5 to 11 years old

  2. Emmelie Sloan, a registered nurse at Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and a participant in the Stories of Grit and Grace campaign, appears on the Tayfour campus on September 28, 2021.

    Courage and Grace: Windsor Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare Shares Staff Stories in Times of COVID

  3. Matt Komsa, owner of The GOAT Tap and Eatery in LaSalle is shown at the establishment on Wednesday, September 1, 2021.

    Restaurant owners issue a call to action against hospitality restrictions

 

Twenty-two people who tested positive are hospitalized.

There are outbreaks in 15 workplaces, two long-term care and nursing homes, two community settings, and five schools.

So far, 83.2 percent of area residents ages 12 and older have received at least one COVID-19 injection, and 77.2 percent are fully vaccinated.

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Reference-windsorstar.com

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