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Health Unit COVID-19 Cases & Outbreaks Update From The Long Weekend

Tuesday April 19th, 2022, 1:34pm

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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit announced 508 new high risk cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County from over the Easter weekend. The Health Unit does not report case counts and statistics on weekends but provides a weekend summary. Testing is still limited to high risk individuals only the province estimates actual COVID-19 cases are around 10 times higher than what is being reported.

Total Cases & Active Cases

Total overall cases increased from 41,492 on Thursday, April 14th to 42,003 on Tuesday, April 19th.

There are 333 high-risk cases of COVID-19 currently active in Windsor-Essex (decrease of 72 active high-risk cases since Thursday).

Vaccinations

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

  • 356,804 people have received at least one dose of a vaccine (+53 since Thursday)
  • 345,032 people have received both doses of a vaccine (+113 since Thursday)
  • 194,784 people have received a 3rd dose/booster shot of a vaccine (+332 since Thursday)

Vaccination Percentages

  • 86.5 per cent of Windsor-Essex residents (ages 5+) have received at least one dose of a vaccine (increase of 0.1 per cent since Thursday)
  • 83.6 per cent of Windsor-Essex residents (ages 5+) are fully vaccinated (increase of 0.1 per cent since Thursday)
  • 51.3 per cent of Windsor-Essex residents (ages 18+) have received a 3rd dose/booster (increase of 0.1 per cent since Thursday)

Getting A Vaccine

  • For information about vaccines and getting vaccinated locally, visit WEVax.ca.

Deaths

There have been no additional deaths from COVID-19 and the local death toll stands at 598.

Hospitalizations

The Health Unit lists 59 hospitalizations today (increase of 2), and 3 of those hospitalizations are in the ICU (increase of 1).

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

  • Windsor Regional Hospital
    • 46 total in hospital, including the ICU, with confirmed COVID-19 (decrease of 1)
      • 30 fully vaccinated (decrease of 4)
      • 2 partially vaccinated
      • 14 unvaccinated (increase of 3)
      • 25 of those in hospital, including the ICU, are being treated for COVID-19
        • 18 fully vaccinated (decrease of 3)
        • 1 partially vaccinated (increase of 1)
        • 6 unvaccinated (increase of 2)
    • 2 total in the ICU, with confirmed COVID-19 (increase of 1)
      • 0 fully vaccinated
      • 0 partially vaccinated
      • 2 unvaccinated (increase of 1)
      • 1 of those in the ICU are being treated for COVID-19
        • 0 fully vaccinated
        • 0 partially vaccinated
        • 1 unvaccinated
  • Erie Shores hospital in Leamington
    • Being primarily treated for COVID-19:
      • 4 fully vaccinated (increase of 2)
      • 0 unvaccinated (decrease of 1)
    • Not being primarily treated for COVID-19, and asymptomatic:
      • 3 fully vaccinated (decrease of 2)
      • 0 unvaccinated (decrease of 1)
  • Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare
    • 5 cases on March 24th
    • Note: Hotel Dieu has not released updated data since March 24th, 2022.

Workplace Outbreaks/Community Outbreaks

  • Congregate setting
    • 3 outbreaks in Windsor
    • 2 outbreaks in LaSalle
  • Correctional facility
    • 1 outbreak in Tecumseh

Hospital Outbreaks

  • Windsor Regional Hospital – Metropolitan – 7N
    • Under outbreak since April 4th, 2022
    • 7 total cases (1 new case)
  • Windsor Regional Hospital – Ouellette – 4M
    • Under outbreak since April 6th, 2022
    • 10 total cases (1 new case)
  • Erie Shores Healthcare – 2N
    • Under outbreak since April 8th, 2022
    • 2 total cases
  • Erie Shores Healthcare – 2C
    • Under outbreak since April 8th, 2022
    • 2 total cases

Long-term Care / Retirement Home Outbreaks

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

  • Berkshire Care Centre (Windsor)
    • Under outbreak since March 12th, 2022
    • 2 resident cases
    • 10 staff cases
    • 14 unknown cases
  • Chateau Park Long Term Care Home (Windsor)
    • Under outbreak since March 14th, 2022
    • 7 resident cases
    • 6 staff cases
    • 31 unknown cases (1 new case)
  • The Village at St. Clair (Windsor)
    • Under outbreak since March 29th, 2022
    • 0 resident cases
    • 4 staff cases (2 new cases)
    • 9 unknown cases (6 new cases)
  • Huron Lodge (Windsor)
    • Under outbreak since April 2nd, 2022
    • 3 resident cases (1 new case)
    • 9 staff cases (6 new cases)
    • 6 unknown cases (4 new cases)
  • Extendicare Tecumseh
    • Under outbreak since April 4th, 2022
    • 2 resident cases
    • 5 staff casess
    • 6 unknown cases (1 new case)
  • Regency Park Long Term Care Home (Windsor)
    • Under outbreak since April 7th, 2022
    • 1 resident case
    • 1 staff case
    • 0 unknown cases
  • Franklin Gardens Long-Term Care Home (Leamington)
    • Under outbreak since April 8th, 2022
    • 2 resident cases
    • 3 staff cases
    • 1 unknown case
  • Devonshire Retirement Residence
    • Under outbreak since March 23rd, 2022
    • 5 resident cases
    • 3 staff cases (1 new case)
    • 35 unknown cases
  • Chartwell Royal Marquis Retirement Residence
    • Under outbreak since March 31st, 2022
    • 3 resident cases
    • 4 staff cases
    • 4 unknown cases
  • Cardinal Place (Windsor)
    • Under outbreak since April 1st, 2022
    • 2 resident cases
    • 2 staff cases
    • 9 unknown cases
  • Sunrise Senior Living of Windsor (Windsor)
    • Under outbreak since April 3rd, 2022
    • 1 resident case
    • 1 staff case
    • 1 unknown case
  • Leamington Mennonite Home
    • Under outbreak since April 4th, 2022
    • 2 resident cases
    • 0 staff cases
    • 13 unknown cases
  • Seasons Retirement Communities – Amherstburg
    • Under outbreak since April 11th, 2022
    • 1 resident case
    • 0 staff cases
    • 1 unknown case
  • Chartwell Oak Park LaSalle Retirement Residence
    • Under outbreak since April 12th, 2022
    • 3 resident case
    • 0 staff cases
    • 0 unknown cases

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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