WINDSOR, ONT. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has reported 93 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths in the region on Thursday. Windsor-Essex has had a total of 14,602 confirmed cases of the virus, including 13,741 people who have recovered. Here’s the breakdown of new cases: 36 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases 28 cases are community acquired 1 is outbreak related to Michigan 1 is travel related The death toll related to COVID-19 remains at 409 people. With the sudden spike in new cases, medical officer of health Dr. Wajid Ahmed says it s too soon to tell whether this is a trend or an anomaly.
New Cases
Cases increased from 14,509 on Wednesday April 14th to 14,602 on Thursday April 15th and 452 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
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The Health Unit says 1 case is outbreak-related, 36 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 28 cases are community acquired, 1 case is travel-related to Michigan, and the acquisition sources of 27 cases are still being investigated by the Health Unit’s nursing staff.
The Health Unit says 366 preliminary or confirmed variant of concern cases have been identified to date (an increase of 21 identified since yesterday).
Dr. Wajid Ahmed, Medical Officer of Health says the increase in cases is a strong reminder that we could be heading in the wrong direction but that Windsor-Essex still has an opportunity to emerge from the stay at home order in a better position than the rest of the province.
93 new COVID-19 cases in Windsor-Essex, highest 1-day increase since January
The number of COVID-19 cases in Windsor-Essex rose by 93 on Thursday, the highest one-day increase in nearly three months, prompting the region s medical officer of health to say it s a strong reminder that we could be heading in the same direction as the rest of Ontario.
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Posted: Apr 15, 2021 12:33 PM ET | Last Updated: April 15
The WFCU Centre is one of five mass vaccination clinics in Windsor-Essex in southestern Ontario.(Katerina Georgieva/CBC)
New Cases
Cases increased from 14,478 on Tuesday April 13th to 14,509 on Wednesday April 14th and 403 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
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The Health Unit says 9 cases are outbreak-related, 15 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 5 cases are community acquired, and the acquisition sources of 2 cases are still being investigated by the Health Unit’s nursing staff.
The Health Unit says 345 preliminary or confirmed variant of concern cases have been identified to date (an increase of 30 identified since yesterday).
Vaccinations
Here’s the Health Unit’s vaccination update for today:
109,398 people have received at least one dose of a vaccine (+2,852 since yesterday)
WINDSOR, ONT. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has reported 31 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths in the region on Wednesday. Windsor-Essex has had a total of 14,509 confirmed cases of the virus, including 13,697 people who have recovered. Here’s the breakdown of new cases: 15 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases 5 cases are community acquired 9 are outbreak related The death toll related to COVID-19 remains at 409 people. The health unit says there have been 345 preliminary or confirmed Variant of Concern (VOC) cases identified in the region. WECHU says there are 403 cases currently considered active. There are 15 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the hospital including five people in the ICU.