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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 32 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday and three more deaths due to the virus.
Eight of the new cases were close contacts of confirmed cases, one is related to an outbreak, while eight are community acquired and 15 are still under investigation.
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A woman in her 80s and two men in their 70s who lived in the general community have died as a result of COVID-19, bringing the total number of local lives lost to 401.
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Windsor filmmaker Matt Gallagher didn’t just document the emotional communication with loved ones at a COVID-19 field hospital he lived it.
Gallagher’s sad but insightful new documentary
Dispatches From a Field Hospital, premiering Tuesday on TVO, tells the heartrending story of families striving to keep in touch with their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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But it also tells his family’s story.
When a field hospital opened in the St. Clair College SportsPlex on April 17, 2020 one of the few such facilities operating in Canada Gallagher pitched the idea of having a film crew embedded at the site to document the experiences.
The Windsor Essex County Health Unit is reminding residents 80 years and older to continue to use the local pre-registration form to get a COVID-19 vaccine.