36 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Windsor Essex On Wednesday

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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit announced 36 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Wednesday, bringing the local total to 13,260.

Today’s New Cases

Cases increased from 13,224 on Tuesday March 9th to 13,260 on Wednesday March 10th and 274 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.

The Health Unit says 1 case is outbreak related, 8 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 5 cases are community-acquired, and 22 cases are still being investigated by the Health Unit’s nursing staff.

Vaccinations

Here’s the Health Unit’s vaccination update for today:

• 10,693 people have received only their first dose of the vaccine (+1,090 since yesterday)
• 11,755 people have received both doses of the vaccine (full series) (+110 since yesterday)
• A total of 34,203 doses have been administered to Windsor-Essex County residents (+1,310 since yesterday)

Vaccination pre-registration is available for those 80 years and older at this link: https://uwindsor.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cNLRzBnAEGB0tDg

Or you can call 519-251-4072.

Resolved Cases

The Health Unit lists 12,592 total resolved cases.

That’s an increase of 16 resolved cases today.

Deaths

There have been no additional deaths from COVID-19 today and the local death toll stands at 394.

Hospitalizations

The Health Unit lists 39 hospitalizations today: 27 people in acute care, and 12 people in the ICU 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):

• 21 at Windsor Regional Hospital (2 more today)
• 4 at Erie Shores hospital in Leamington
• Less than 5 at Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare

Long-term Care / Retirement Home Outbreaks

The cumulative total number of confirmed cases attributed each outbreak location.

Note: the Health Unit does not publish a breakdown of active cases by location.

• Leamington Mennonite Home (Leamington) (new outbreak)
  • 0 resident cases
  • 1 staff case
• Devonshire Retirement Residence (Windsor)
  • 0 resident cases
  • 1 staff case
• Dolce Vita (Windsor)
  • 3 resident cases
  • 0 staff cases

Workplace Outbreaks

• 1 outbreak at a construction workplace in Kingsville
• 2 outbreaks at health care and social assistance workplaces in Windsor
• 1 outbreak at a repair and maintenance workplace in Windsor
• 1 outbreak at a retail workplace in Windsor

School Outbreaks

• W.F. Herman Academy (new outbreak)
• Bellewood Public School
• Monseigneur Jean Noel

Community Outbreaks

• Victoria Manor (Preliminary positive for a variant of concern)
• Salvation Army
• Downtown Mission (Preliminary positive for a variant of concern)

Hospital Outbreaks

• Windsor Regional Hospital – Met Campus – 7N

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.