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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 117 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County as of Sunday, bringing the local total to 5,734. Cases increased from 5,617 on Saturday December 19th to 5,734 on Sunday December 20th and 1,066 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. The Health Unit says 7 cases are outbreak related, 4 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 1 case is community acquired, and 105 cases are still being investigated. Article Continues Be...

Officials also announced the regions 95th death due to COVID-19 — a woman in her 60s. In his weekly epidemiological summary, Ahmed said the region has the third-highest overall infection rate, in the province, behind Peel Region and Toronto. Meanwhile, Premier Doug Ford is holding an emergency meeting with hospital officials Friday after the Ontario Hospital Association sounded the alarm over strained capacity. WECHU has ongoing contact with its provincial counterpart, and the unit has ...

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 243 new cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, bringing the local total to 5,446. Cases increased from 5,203 on Thursday December 17th to 5,446 on Friday December 18th and 1,014 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. Friday’s 243 new cases has set a record for the highest number of new daily cases locally. The previous record was 195 new cases, set just this past Monday. Article Continues Below Local Sponsor Message The Health Unit...

3 more COVID-19 deaths in Windsor-Essex: health unit Three more Windsor-Essex residents have died of COVID-19, the local health unit reported Thursday, and the region is also seeing a triple-digit daily increase in COVID-19 cases once again. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 17, 2020 10:54 AM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020 The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 191 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, along with three deaths.(Sanjay Maru/CBC)

Last updated: Thursday December 17th, 10:20am The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 191 new cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, bringing the local total to 5,203. Cases increased from 5,012 on Wednesday December 16th to 5,203 on Thursday December 17th and 952 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. Article Continues Below Local Sponsor Message The Health Unit says 32 cases are related to outbreaks, 20 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 4 cases are community...

There are 105 residents of long-term care and retirement homes with COVID-19, along with 62 staff members. That includes an outbreak at The Village at St. Clair where one resident has died as a result of the disease and 54 others  have been infected, along with 34 staff members, according to an update on the homes website.  There are also 21 cases of COVID-19, with more results pending, across three outbreaks on farms, Ahmed said. Snapshot of COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex There are 890 active c...

Article content The transmission sources for the remaining 79 new cases are still under investigation by public health unit staff. Windsor-Essex has 890 active cases of COVID-19, with 57 positive cases in hospital and 11 of those in intensive care. Windsor hospitals have an additional 79 patients with suspected cases of COVID-19 who are still awaiting their test results. Approximately 10 per cent of people who contract COVID-19 locally spend at least one day in hospital, Ahmed said. Between two...

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 113 new cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the local total to 5,012. Cases increased from 4,899 on Tuesday December 15th to 5,012 on Wednesday December 16th and 890 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. The Health Unit says 27 cases are related to outbreaks, 5 cases are contacts of confirmed cases, 2 cases are community acquired, and 79 cases are still under investigation. Article Continues Below Local Sponsor Messag...

Cracks in the system as WECHU considers asking COVID-19 patients do their own contact tracing Windsor-Essex is reporting a triple-digit increase in COVID-19 cases and officials said an outbreak at a long-term care facility has now affected dozens of residents and staff. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 15, 2020 12:03 PM ET | Last Updated: December 15, 2020 The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 136 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.(Sanjay Maru/CBC)

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 136 new cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, bringing the local total to 4,899. Cases increased from 4,763 on Monday December 14th to 4,899 on Tuesday December 15th and 837 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. The Health Unit says 35 cases are related to outbreaks, 2 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 4 cases are community acquired, and the remainder of the cases are still under investigation. Article Continues Below L...