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A Windsor long-term care home hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic’s second wave had its outbreak rescinded on Friday after 177 staff and residents contracted the disease and nearly two dozen died.
During an outbreak that lasted 51 days, Banwell Gardens Care Centre recorded COVID-19 cases among 115 residents and 62 workers, according to the facility’s executive director. Twenty-three of the residents who tested positive succumbed to complications brought on by the disease.
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“The home has regular calls with public health and has received support from a number of our health system partners as we navigated this outbreak,” said Sara Fox in an email to the Star.
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Four outbreaks are active at Windsor Regional Hospital and two outbreaks are active at Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare.
Outbreaks are active at 18 workplaces:
Five in Leamington s agricultural sector.
Five in Kingsville s agricultural sector.
One in Leamington s food and beverage sector.
Three in Windsor s health care and social assistance sector.
One in Tecumseh s health care and social assistance sector.
Three in Windsor s manufacturing sector.
There are 17 active outbreaks at long-term care and retirement facilities:
Franklin Gardens in Leamington, with nine resident cases and two staff cases.
Heron Terrace in Windsor, with two resident cases and one staff case.
Chartwell Leamington, with two resident cases and two staff cases.