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There were 45 new confirmed cases and another death reported Saturday due to COVID-19, according to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.
A man in his 70s from the community was said to have died due to the virus. There have now been 407 deaths linked to COVID-19 in the local area.
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Among the new cases, eight were said to be close contacts of confirmed cases, two were from the community, one is outbreak related and 34 remain under investigation.
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“We are doing the best we can.”
Local health unit CEO Theresa Marentette shared a rare on-camera laugh with Medical Officer of Health Dr. Wajid Ahmed Thursday morning when asked how her team has been able to keep up with rapid changes to Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan.
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The provincial government’s announcement on Wednesday that vaccines would soon be available to those age 18 and older in COVID “hot spot” postal codes seven of which are in Windsor, Leamington, and Kingsville was news to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. They were still working to open up appointments to those age 50 and older in select postal codes, a change announced by Ontario Premier Doug Ford only one day prior, along with the official start of the vaccine distribution plan’s second phase.
WINDSOR, ONT. Students at three schools in the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board have been dismissed after reports of confirmed cases of COVID-19 at each of them. Two classes were dismissed from St. John Vianney Catholic Elementary School after the board received confirmation of two cases, one class has been dismissed from St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School after one positive case and one class was dismissed from Catholic Central High School after confirmation of a positive case was received. The board learned of the confirmed cases Tuesday and informed the affected students they are not to return to school Wednesday.
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Another halt to in-person learning is currently unnecessary in Windsor-Essex even though the number of students dismissed because of potential classroom COVID-19 exposures equals those sent home ahead of the last school shutdown, the regionâs top doctor said Tuesday.Â
While the whopping 600 students and 30 staff now in self-isolation following infections at 24 schools have put a strain on public health unit nurses, the number of positive cases within that group is much lower than in December, when Medical Officer of Health Dr. Wajid Ahmed ordered schools to close. Multiple schools had significant outbreaks at that time, but, as of Tuesday morning, no local schools were in outbreak.