WINDSOR, ONT. -- The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reports 10 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.
WECHU says six new cases are in the community, three cases are in the agri-farm sector, and one is still under investigation.
Since March, the region has had 2,285 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 1443 people who have recovered.
Thirteen people are in the hospital.
Windsor-Essex medical officer of health Dr. Wajid Ahmed says they are also concerned with a broad number of cases across the region in the Low German community.
“It’s mainly in the Kingsville-Leamington area and spreading across to other jurisdictions,” says Ahmed.
Chatham-Kent Public Health also said Wednesday there is a surge in cases occurring within Low German speaking communities across southwestern Ontario.
CKPH says there are 54 active cases out of a total of 241. Fifty are self-isolating and four are hospitalized.
There are 12 Windsor-Essex workplaces experiencing outbreaks - six agricultural facilities in Kingsville and Leamington, five manufacturing facilities in Windsor, Leamington, Tecumseh and Kingsville and one construction company in Leamington.
There are currently three long-term care or retirement homes in outbreak status – Village of Aspen Lakes and Augustine Villas in Kingsville and Chartwell in Leamington.
There have been 71 people who have died in the region related to the virus. Forty-nine deaths have occurred among residents in long-term care homes and two are related to migrant workers.
