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There are 105 residents of long-term care and retirement homes with COVID-19, along with 62 staff members. That includes an outbreak at The Village at St. Clair where one resident has died as a result of the disease and 54 others  have been infected, along with 34 staff members, according to an update on the home's website.  There are also 21 cases of COVID-19, with more results pending, across three outbreaks on farms, Ahmed said. Snapshot of COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex There are 890 active cases in Windsor-Essex and 91 people have died since the pandemic began. Of the new cases announced ...

Article content 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...

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 113 new cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the local total to 5,012. Cases increased from 4,899 on Tuesday December 15th to 5,012 on Wednesday December 16th and 890 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. The Health Unit says 27 cases are related to outbreaks, 5 cases are contacts of confirmed cases, 2 cases are community acquired, and 79 cases are still under investigation. Article Continues Below Local Sponsor Message They say 4,031 people locally have recovered (an increase of 60 recoveries today). There have no a...

'Cracks in the system' as WECHU considers asking COVID-19 patients do their own contact tracing Windsor-Essex is reporting a triple-digit increase in COVID-19 cases and officials said an outbreak at a long-term care facility has now affected dozens of residents and staff. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 15, 2020 12:03 PM ET | Last Updated: December 15, 2020 The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 136 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.(Sanjay Maru/CBC)

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has announced 136 new cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, bringing the local total to 4,899. Cases increased from 4,763 on Monday December 14th to 4,899 on Tuesday December 15th and 837 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex. The Health Unit says 35 cases are related to outbreaks, 2 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 4 cases are community acquired, and the remainder of the cases are still under investigation. Article Continues Below Local Sponsor Message They say 3,971 people locally have recovered (an increase of 78 recoveries toda...