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

Sunday April 11th, 2021, 10:42am

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Last updated: Sunday April 11th, 1:09pm: The Health Unit issued a correction to the number of total variant cases (256 is the correct number instead of 356).

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit announced 36 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Sunday, bringing the local total to 14,385.

New Cases

Cases increased from 14,349 on Saturday April 10th to 14,385 on Sunday April 11th and 427 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.

The Health Unit says 8 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 2 cases are community acquired, and the acquisition sources of 26 cases are still being investigated by the Health Unit’s nursing staff.

The Health Unit says 256 preliminary or confirmed variant of concern cases have been identified to date (an increase of 21 identified since yesterday).

Vaccinations

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

  • 104,139 people have received at least one dose of a vaccine (+2,240 since yesterday)
    • 91,686 people have received only their first dose of a vaccine (+2,231 since yesterday)
    • 12,453 people have received both doses of a vaccine (+9 since yesterday)
  • A total of 116,592 vaccine doses have been administered to Windsor-Essex County residents (+2,249 since yesterday)

How To Get A Vaccine

There are two vaccination programs at this time:

  • Mass Vaccination Clinics (Pfizer or Moderna)
    • Adults aged 50 and older living in “hot spot” postal code regions: N8X, N8Y, N9A, N9B, N9C, N8H, or N9Y
    • Adults aged 60 and older living anywhere in Windsor-Essex
    • Vaccination booking is available at this link: https://wait.crowdhandler.com/wechuvaccination
    • Or you can call 226-773-2200 (but the Health Unit says the call centre is only for assisting people who can’t use the website and the call centre has the same access to appointments as what’s shown on the website)
  • Pharmacy Vaccinations (AstraZeneca)

For more information about vaccines and vaccination locally, visit WEVax.ca.

Resolved Cases

The Health Unit lists 13,551 total resolved cases.

That’s an increase of 35 resolved cases since yesterday.

Deaths

There have been no additional deaths from COVID-19 today and the local death toll stands at 407.

Hospitalizations

The Health Unit lists 13 hospitalizations today: 8 people in acute care, and 5 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):

Workplace Outbreaks

  • 1 outbreak at an agri-farm in Kingsville (UK Variant: B.1.1.7 identified)
  • 1 outbreak at an arts, entertainment and recreation workplace in Windsor
  • 1 outbreak at a manufacturing workplace in Lakeshore
  • 1 outbreak at a manufacturing workplace in Windsor
  • 1 outbreak at a personal service workplace in Windsor

Community Outbreaks

  • Southwest Detention Centre
  • Victoria Manor (Preliminary positive for a variant of concern)

School Outbreaks

  • Centennial Central Public School
  • St. Peter Catholic School (Preliminary positive for a variant of concern)

Hospital Outbreaks

  • No current hospital outbreaks.

Long-term Care / Retirement Home Outbreaks

  • No current outbreaks.

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. Please see this page for the latest, most up to date data throughout each day.

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