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Christchurch is our most exciting city: you just need to know where to look. While a quintessential Kiwi summer holiday usually involves long beaches, endless boogie boarding, cars packed with camping paraphernalia, diving for crayfish and scallops, sausages on the barbecue and all-round barefoot great outdoorsiness, there’s a lot to be said for a summer in the city. Your favourite attractions are less crowded, you can get a table at restaurants that are usually packed and there’s an easy...

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 250 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County as of Wednesday, bringing the local total to 6,323. Cases increased from 6,073 on Tuesday December 22nd to 6,323 on Wednesday December 23rd and 1,305 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. Wednesday’s 250 new cases is another new record number of daily cases for Windsor-Essex. The previous record was 243 new cases on December 18th. Article Continues Below Local Sponsor Me...

Article content Six of the new cases are being attributed to community spread, 13 are close contacts of confirmed cases, and 32 are related to outbreaks. The transmission sources for the remaining 199 cases are still under investigation by public health unit staff. There are currently 1,305 active cases of COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex. If residents fail to follow provincial rules prohibiting social gatherings over the holidays, Ahmed said he is “absolutely” anticipating an even higher jump in ...

Windsor-Essex reaches grim milestone of 100 COVID-19 deaths alongside 213 new cases Windsor-Essex health officials have announced the deaths of four residents due to COVID-19, as well as 213 new cases of the virus. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 22, 2020 10:31 AM ET | Last Updated: December 22, 2020 The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 213 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.(Sanjay Maru/CBC)

Posted: Dec 22, 2020 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 22, 2020 We are strong posted in the windows at The Village at St. Clair long-term care home as the facility continues to see a major spread of COVID-19.(Darrin Di Carlo/CBC)

Eight residents had died. Everyone there is screened, the home says. They have an infection control lead and enough personal protective equipment and disinfectant. They follow public health guidelines. They have an emergency plan. It’s one of the newest long-term care homes in the region. It opened only five years ago, meaning it should be designed for infection prevention and control. “Safely managing this outbreak is of utmost priority,” Joanne Potts, vice-president of operations for ow...

Last updated: Wednesday December 23rd, 9:55am: The Health Unit revised the resident numbers at Sun Parlor home down to 0 The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 213 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County as of Tuesday, bringing the local total to 6,073. Cases increased from 5,861 on Monday December 21st to 6,073 on Tuesday December 22nd and 1,186 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. Article Continues Below Local Sponsor Message The Health Unit says 37 ...

Make the right choice and avoid holiday gatherings, Windsor health unit says One week into lockdown, the local health unit is looking to see stricter measures implemented in Windsor-Essex to curb the spread of COVID-19. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 21, 2020 11:43 AM ET | Last Updated: December 21, 2020 The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 127 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.(Sanjay Maru/CBC)

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 127 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County as of Monday, bringing the local total to 5,861. Cases increased from 5,734 on Sunday December 20th to 5,861 on Monday December 21st and 1,141 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. The Health Unit says 16 cases are related to outbreaks, 3 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 2 cases are community acquired, and 106 cases are still under investigation Article Continu...

Additional outbreak declared at Windsor Regional Hospitals Met campus The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit said that five people, all patients, have tested positive on the hospitals 6N floor. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 20, 2020 2:25 PM ET | Last Updated: December 20, 2020 The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit said that five people, all patients, have tested positive on the hospitals 6N floor.(Katerina Georgieva/CBC)