4 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Windsor Essex As Of Friday, Weekly Epidemiological Summary Presented
Friday August 28th, 2020, 10:22am
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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has confirmed 4 new cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, bringing the local total to 2,493. They say 2,357 people locally have recovered.
Cases increased from 2,489 on Thursday August 27th to 2,493 on Friday August 28th and 58 people are currently self-isolating with COVID-19.
The Health Unit says all 4 of the new cases are close contacts of a confirmed case, and 2 of those 4 are healthcare workers.
There have been no additional deaths due to COVID-19 as of Friday and the local death toll stands at 72.
As of Friday, the Health Unit’s website lists 6 people as hospitalized and 1 person in the ICU with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Windsor Essex, and 4 hospitalizations are listed at Windsor Regional Hospital.
New Beginnings in Leamington remains under outbreak with 4 staff cases and 17 resident cases.
The Health Unit says some data is currently unavailable or may not be up to date as they are switching to a new data tracking system over the next week.
Workplace Outbreaks
As of Thursday, the Health Unit listed the following workplaces under outbreak:
- 2 farms (2 in Leamington)
- 1 manufacturing facility (1 in Windsor)
As of Friday, the Health Unit says the following workplaces are under outbreak (1 more compared to yesterday):
- 1 farm (1 in Leamington)
- 1 manufacturing facility (1 in Windsor)
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 continues to see a general decline in cases overall; the primary source of exposure continues to be close contact with confirmed cases; hospitalizations and ICU visits are low; day-over-day doubling time in Windsor-Essex is on par with the province and nationally; and the current rate of transmission (R0) is 0.79 indicating a decrease in transmission in Windsor-Essex.

This new graph shows the number of tests completed per week and the percent positivity of those tests.

This graph shows the geographic distribution of currently active cases in Windsor, per 1000 residents.