3 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Windsor Essex As Of Thursday

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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has confirmed 3 new cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, bringing the local total to 2,639. They say 2,483 people locally have recovered.

Cases increased from 2,636 on Wednesday September 23rd to 2,639 on Thursday September 24th and 68 people are currently self-isolating with COVID-19.

The Health Unit says 1 case is a worker in the agri-farm sector and 2 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases.

There have been no additional deaths due to COVID-19 as of Thursday and the local death toll stands at 76.

As of Thursday, the Health Unit lists 3 people as hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Windsor Essex, and 2 hospitalizations are listed at Windsor Regional Hospital.

Retirement Home Outbreaks

The Health Unit lists one retirement home under outbreak:

• Dolce Vita (Windsor) has 2 staff cases and 5 resident cases

COVID-19 Testing Times Increasing

Health Unit CEO Theresa Marentette says the turnaround time for COVID-19 testing results has increased. Marentette speculated that the increased time for results could be due to lab capacity and the fact that more tests are being completed across the province. She said many test results are back within one day and 81 per cent of tests have results within two days. Around 700 tests are conducted per day on average within Windsor and Essex County, according to Marentette.