1 New Case Of COVID-19 In Windsor Essex As Of Friday, Weekly Epidemiological Summary Presented
Friday August 7th, 2020, 10:12am
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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has confirmed one new case of COVID-19 as of Friday, bringing the local total to 2,357. They say 2,064 people locally have recovered.
Cases increased from 2,356 on Thursday August 6th to 2,357 on Friday August 7th and 206 people are currently self-isolating with COVID-19.
The Health Unit says the one new case is an agri-farm worker.
There have been no additional deaths due to COVID-19 as of Friday and the local death toll stands at 71.
As of Friday, 10 people are hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Windsor Essex, according to the Health Unit, and 6 hospitalizations are listed at Windsor Regional Hospital.
The Health Unit lists one retirement home, Augustine Villas, as still under outbreak.
Workplace Outbreaks
As of Friday, the Health Unit says the following workplaces are still under outbreak (no changes from yesterday):
- 6 farms (4 in Kingsville and 2 in Leamington)
- 6 manufacturing facilities (2 in Windsor, 2 in Tecumseh, 1 in Leamington, and 1 in Kingsville)
- 1 construction company in Leamington
A workplace outbreak is declared when two or more employees test positive for COVID-19 within a reasonable timeline to suspect transmission in the workplace, according to the Health Unit. Officials with the Health Unit have said a workplace will only be named if a threat to the public exists.
Weekly Epidemiological Summary
Dr. Wajid Ahmed, Medical Officer of Health says Windsor-Essex has seen a decline in cases in the past week; the primary source of exposure is still through close contact with confirmed cases; hospitalizations and ICU visits are starting to decrease once again; day-over-day doubling time in Windsor-Essex is on par with the province and nationally; and the current rate of transmission (R0) has decreased to 0.35 indicating a decrease in transmission in Windsor-Essex.