2 New Deaths, 21 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Windsor Essex On Friday

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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit announced 21 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Friday, bringing the local total to 12,470.

Today’s New Cases

Cases increased from 12,449 on Thursday February 11th to 12,470 on Friday February 12th and 263 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.

The Health Unit says 2 cases are outbreak-related, 2 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 3 cases are community acquired, and 14 cases are still being investigated by the Health Unit’s nursing staff.

Resolved Cases

The Health Unit lists 11,855 total resolved cases.

That’s an increase of 30 resolved cases today.

Deaths

The Health Unit announced two additional deaths from COVID-19 today bringing the local death toll to 352.

They say a man in his 90s from long-term care and a man in his 70s from the community passed away.

Hospitalizations

The Health Unit lists 40 hospitalizations today: 27 people in acute care (4 less today), and 13 people in the ICU (2 more today) with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Windsor Essex.

Cases listed on local hospital websites (note: these numbers are not updated at the same time as the Health Unit’s):

• 15 at Windsor Regional Hospital (1 less today)
• 9 at Erie Shores hospital in Leamington (1 less today)
• Less than 15 at Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare

Long-term Care / Retirement Home Outbreaks

The total number of confirmed cases attributed to current outbreaks (the Health Unit does not publish a breakdown of active cases by location).

• Franklin Gardens (Leamington)
  • Under outbreak since January 25th, 2021
  • 38 resident cases
  • 14 staff cases
• Heron Terrace (Windsor)
  • Under outbreak since January 22nd, 2021
  • 2 resident cases
  • 2 staff case
• Regency Park (Windsor)
  • Under outbreak since January 14th, 2021
  • 23 resident cases
  • 15 staff cases
• Devonshire Retirement Residence (Windsor)
  • Under outbreak since January 1st, 2021
  • 48 resident cases
  • 9 staff cases
• Rosewood Erie Glen (Leamington)
  • Under outbreak since December 31st, 2020
  • 42 resident cases
  • 10 staff cases
• Augustine Villas (Kingsville)
  • Under outbreak since December 26th, 2020
  • 66 resident cases
  • 20 staff cases
• Sunrise Assisted Living of Windsor (Windsor)
  • Under outbreak since December 21st, 2020
  • 15 resident cases
  • 9 staff cases
• Huron Lodge (Windsor)
  • Outbreak ended today.
• The Village at St. Clair (Windsor)
  • Under outbreak since December 8th, 2020
  • 175 resident cases
  • 139 staff cases

Workplace Outbreaks

• 2 outbreaks at agri-farms in Leamington (1 less today)
• 1 outbreak at a health care and social assistance workplace in Tecumseh
• 2 outbreaks at manufacturing workplaces in Windsor
• 2 outbreaks at manufacturing workplaces in Tecumseh
• 1 outbreak at a personal service setting in Windsor

School Outbreaks

• No current school outbreaks.

Community Outbreaks

• Downtown Mission (new today)
• Kensington Court Retirement Residence (a non-registered retirement or long term care facility that is a “community building dedicated specifically for seniors” according to Dr. Ahmed)

Hospital Outbreaks

• Windsor Regional Hospital – Ouellette Campus – 8W

Vaccination Update

Dr. Wajid Ahmed, Medical Officer of Health for Windsor Essex say 19,334 total COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered locally to date. He says 4,538 Windsor-Essex residents have received their first dose, and 7,398 residents have received both their first and second doses.

Note: windsoriteDOTca News makes every effort to track the changes in COVID-19 data each day. These numbers are subject to change as the Health Unit makes changes to their numbers throughout each day, and errors and omissions sometimes occur with their data. The Health Unit has also stated that case and contact management is delayed due to the recent surge in cases and that may affect some of the data. Please see this page for the latest, most up to date data throughout each day.