One case is community acquired and 140 are still being investigated by the health unit.
The new cases bring the overall count for the region to 5,617.
There are no further deaths related to the novel coronavirus. That grim number remains at 95.
Since March, 4,514 cases have been resolved and 1,008 are still active.
Currently, 74 people are hospitalized because of COVID-19.
Outbreaks continue at 11 long-term care or retirement homes, 11 workplaces, three schools, two hospitals and three community living homes.
The number of cases among staff and residents jumped at Extendicare in Tecumseh, 32 residents – up from 26 and 13 staff from five; The Village at St. Clair in Windsor has 68 residents, which is up from 61 and 50 staff from 40 and Banwell Gardens Care Centre in Windsor saw its numbers increase to seven residents from two and eight staff from one.
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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 and three per cent of cases will die.
“It’s unfortunate that (cases) really increased,” Ahmed said. “I believed maybe our good numbers for some time in September and October may have given a false sense of security, and the impression to the community that they are not at risk. It resulted in transmission.”