5 Additional Deaths, 23 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Windsor Essex On Tuesday
Tuesday March 2nd, 2021, 9:52am
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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit announced 23 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Tuesday, bringing the local total to 13,037.
Today’s New Cases
Cases increased from 13,014 on Monday March 1st to 13,037 on Tuesday March 2nd and 280 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.
The Health Unit says 5 cases are outbreak-related, 3 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 5 cases are community-acquired, and 10 cases are still being investigated by the Health Unit’s nursing staff.
Vaccinations
Here’s the Health Unit’s vaccination update for today:
- 4,697 people have received only their first dose of the vaccine (+674 since yesterday)
- 11,569 people have received both doses of the vaccine (full series) (+16 since yesterday)
- A total of 27,835 doses have been administered to Windsor-Essex County residents (+706 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 12,370 total resolved cases.
That’s an increase of 28 resolved cases today.
Deaths
The Health Unit announced 5 additional deaths from COVID-19 today bringing the local death toll to 387.
They say all 5 deaths are from the community:
- 2 men in their 60s passed away
- 3 women in their 80s passed away
Hospitalizations
The Health Unit lists 44 hospitalizations today: 37 people in acute care (3 more today), and 7 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):
- 35 at Windsor Regional Hospital (2 more today)
- 3 at Erie Shores hospital in Leamington (1 less today)
- 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.
- Franklin Gardens (Leamington)
- Under outbreak since January 25th, 2021
- 38 resident cases
- 16 staff cases
- Regency Park (Windsor)
- Under outbreak since January 14th, 2021
- 25 resident cases
- 15 staff cases
Workplace Outbreaks
- 1 outbreak at an agri-farm in Leamington
- 1 outbreak at a finance and insurance workplace in LaSalle
- 2 outbreaks at health care and social assistance workplaces in Windsor
- 1 outbreak at a repair and maintenance workplace in Windsor (new today)
School Outbreaks
- No current school outbreaks.
Community Outbreaks
- Salvation Army
- Downtown Mission
Hospital Outbreaks
- Windsor Regional Hospital – Met Campus – 7N
- Windsor Regional Hospital – Ouellette Campus – Clinical Teaching Unit
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.