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

Sunday May 23rd, 2021, 10:36am

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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit announced 51 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Sunday, bringing the local total to 16,373.

New Cases

Cases increased from 16,322 on Saturday May 22nd to 16,373 on Sunday May 23rd and 361 cases of COVID-19 are currently active in Windsor-Essex.

The Health Unit says 23 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases, 5 cases are community acquired, 2 cases are outbreak related, 2 cases are travel-related to the U.S., and the acquisition sources of 19 cases are still being investigated by the Health Unit’s contact tracing staff.

Variants of Concern

The Health Unit says 1,603 preliminary or confirmed variant of concern cases have been identified to date (an increase of 34 identified since yesterday).

Variant case totals:

  • 1,465 of the total variant cases to date have been the U.K. Variant (B.1.1.7) (increase of 31 identified since yesterday)
  • 3 of the total variant cases to date have been the South African Variant (B.1.351)
  • 4 of the total variant cases to date have been the Brazilian Variant (P.1)

The Health Unit says there is a time delay of several days between specimen collection, preliminary screening, and confirmation of a variant case’s strain.

They say 197 variants of concern cases are currently active active in Windsor-Essex.

Vaccinations

Here’s the Health Unit’s vaccination update for today (residents of Windsor-Essex):

  • 224,875 people have received at least one dose of a vaccine (+3,036 since yesterday)
    • 206,345 people have received only their first dose of a vaccine (+2,466 since yesterday)
    • 18,530 people have received both doses of a vaccine (+570 since yesterday)
  • A total of 243,405 vaccine doses have been administered to Windsor-Essex County residents (+3,606 since yesterday)

The Health Unit says Windsor-Essex’s total population in 2021 is approximately 438,001. As of today, 51.34 per cent of Windsor-Essex residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine.

Getting A Vaccine (1st Dose)

There are three vaccination programs at this time:

  • Mass Vaccination Clinics (Pfizer or Moderna)
    • Those eligible include:
      • People 12 years of age and older.
      • Essential workers who cannot work from home that are 16 years and older, born in 2005 or earlier.
    • See WEVax.ca for full definitions of conditions and groups.
    • 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
  • Pop Up Clinics
    • None at this time.

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

Getting A Vaccine (2nd Dose)

  • Health Unit CEO Theresa Marentette says people in certain priority groups are able to book an earlier appointment from what was previously scheduled and must call the call centre at 226-773-2200 to book.
  • For more information visit WEVax.ca.
  • The Health Unit will soon be releasing more information about when people can expect to schedule their second doses.

Resolved Cases

The Health Unit lists 15,588 total resolved cases.

That’s an increase of 34 resolved cases since yesterday.

Deaths

There have been no additional deaths from COVID-19 today and the local death toll stands at 424.

Hospitalizations

The Health Unit lists 18 hospitalizations of people from Windsor-Essex today: 18 people in acute care (increase of 2 today), and 0 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
  • 4 outbreaks at healthcare and social assistance workplaces in Windsor (2 outbreaks are positive for the U.K. Variant B.1.1.7)
  • 1 outbreak at a healthcare and social assistance workplace in Lakeshore
  • 2 outbreaks at manufacturing workplaces in Windsor (both outbreaks are positive for the U.K. Variant B.1.1.7)
  • 1 outbreak at a mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (positive for the U.K. Variant B.1.1.7)
  • 1 outbreak at a food and beverage workplace in Windsor (positive for the U.K. Variant B.1.1.7)

Community Outbreaks

  • Southwest Detention Centre (positive for the U.K. Variant B.1.1.7)

School Outbreaks

  • No current school outbreaks.

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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