Health Unit COVID-19 Cases & Outbreaks Update For Wednesday

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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit announced 88 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Wednesday. The Health Unit now only reports high-risk cases as testing eligibility is still limited.

Total Cases & Active Cases

Total overall cases increased from 37,693 on Tuesday, March 1st to 37,780 on Wednesday, March 2nd.

There are 277 cases of COVID-19 currently active in Windsor-Essex (increase of 18 cases since yesterday).

Vaccinations

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

• 355,569 people have received at least one dose of a vaccine (+113 since yesterday)
• 341,412 people have received both doses of a vaccine (+215 since yesterday)
• 188,914 people have received a 3rd dose/booster shot of a vaccine (+252 since yesterday)

Vaccination Percentages

• 86.1 per cent of Windsor-Essex residents (ages 5+) have received at least one dose of a vaccine (increase of < 0.1 per cent since yesterday)
• 82.7 per cent of Windsor-Essex residents (ages 5+) are fully vaccinated (increase of < 0.1 per cent since yesterday)
• 53.5 per cent of Windsor-Essex residents (ages 18+) have received a 3rd dose/booster (increase of < 0.1 per cent since yesterday)

Getting A Vaccine

• Mass Vaccination Clinics
  • For full eligibility details and to book visit WEVax.ca
• Pharmacy Vaccinations
  • See the province’s pharmacy list and contact your chosen pharmacy directly to make an appointment: https://covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations/
• Pop Up Clinics / Destination Vaccination Bus
  • Visit the Health Unit’s page on pop-up clinics here
• 3rd doses / booster shots
  • Third Doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine are available for 18+. Further information is available here: https://www.wechu.org/cv/clinics#third-dose

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

Deaths

The Health Unit announced one additional death from COVID-19 bringing the local death toll to 579. They say a man in his 80s from the community passed away.

Hospitalizations

The Health Unit 41 hospitalizations today (decrease of 11), and 5 of those hospitalizations are in the ICU.

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

• Windsor Regional Hospital
  • 36 total in hospital, including the ICU, with confirmed COVID-19 (decrease of 1)
    • 24 fully vaccinated
    • 2 partially vaccinated (decrease of 1)
    • 10 unvaccinated

• • • 21 of those in hospital, including the ICU, are being treated for COVID-19 (decrease of 3)
      
      • 16 fully vaccinated (decrease of 1)
        
      • 1 partially vaccinated
        
      • 4 unvaccinated (decrease of 2)
        

• • 7 total in the ICU, with confirmed COVID-19 (increase of 1)
    • 4 fully vaccinated
    • 0 partially vaccinated
    • 3 unvaccinated (increase of 1)

• • • 3 of those in the ICU are being treated for COVID-19 (decrease of 1)
      
      • 2 fully vaccinated
        
      • 0 partially vaccinated
        
      • 1 unvaccinated (decrease of 1)
        
• Erie Shores hospital in Leamington
  • Being primarily treated for COVID-19:
    • 2 fully vaccinated (increase of 2)
    • 0 unvaccinated
  • Not being primarily treated for COVID-19, and asymptomatic:
    • 1 fully vaccinated
    • 0 unvaccinated
• Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare
  • 4 fully vaccinated
  • 2 unvaccinated

Workplace Outbreaks/Community Outbreaks

• Congregate setting
  • 1 outbreak in Leamington (1 less outbreak)
  • 5 outbreaks in Windsor (3 new outbreaks)
• Agriculture
  
  • 1 outbreak in Kingsville
  • 1 outbreak on Pelee Island

Hospital Outbreaks

• Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare – CC7 3S
  • Under outbreak since February 24th, 2022
  • 4 total cases
• Windsor Regional Hospital – Metropolitan – 4W Oncology
  • Under outbreak since February 25th, 2022
  • 3 total cases (2 new cases)

Long-term Care / Retirement Home Outbreaks

Note: the Health Unit lists total cases for current outbreaks, not the number of active cases.

• The Village of Aspen Lake (Windsor)
  • Under outbreak since December 29th, 2021
  • 1 resident case
  • 15 staff cases
• Chartwell Royal Oak Long Term Care Residence (Kingsville)
  • Under outbreak since January 10th, 2022
  • 2 resident cases
  • 19 staff cases
    
• Heron Terrace (Windsor)
  • Under outbreak since February 19th, 2022
  • 0 resident cases
  • 3 staff cases
• Huron Lodge (Windsor)
  • Under outbreak since February 20th, 2022
  • 0 resident cases
  • 1 staff case
• La Chaumiere Retirement Residence
  • Under outbreak since February 13th, 2022
  • 10 resident cases
  • 4 staff cases
• Seasons Royal Oak Village (LaSalle) (new outbreak)
  • Under outbreak since February 28th, 2022

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.