2 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Windsor Essex As Of Tuesday

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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has confirmed 2 new cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, bringing the local total to 2,472. They say 2,326 people locally have recovered.

Cases increased from 2,470 on Monday August 24th to 2,472 on Tuesday August 25th and 60 people are currently self-isolating with COVID-19.

The Health Unit says one case is travel-related to Michigan and one case is still under investigation.

There have been no additional deaths due to COVID-19 as of Tuesday and the local death toll stands at 72.

As of Tuesday, the Health Unit’s website lists 7 people as hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Windsor Essex, and 5 hospitalizations are listed at Windsor Regional Hospital.

Two retirement homes remain under outbreak: Shoreview at Riverside (Windsor – 4 staff cases), and New Beginnings (Leamington – 4 staff cases, 17 resident cases).

The Health Unit says some data is currently unavailable or may not be up to date as they are switching to a new data tracking system over the next week.

Workplace Outbreaks

As of Tuesday, the Health Unit says two agri-farms in Leamington remain under outbreak.

A workplace outbreak is declared when two or more employees test positive for COVID-19 within a reasonable timeline to suspect transmission in the workplace, according to the Health Unit. Officials with the Health Unit have said a workplace will only be named if a threat to the public exists.