WINDSOR, ONT. -- The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 16 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths on Tuesday.

The death toll related to COVID-19 is at 421 people.

Windsor-Essex has had a total of 16,149 confirmed cases of the virus, including 15,393 people who have recovered.

BREAKDOWN OF NEW CASES

  • 9 cases are community acquired
  • 5 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases
  • 9 cases are outbreak related

OUTBREAKS IN THE REGION:

  • 8 workplaces are in COVID-19 outbreak
  • 1 community outbreak

There are 21 Windsor-Essex residents with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the hospital and 1 people are in the ICU.

The health unit website says 1,445 preliminary or confirmed Variant of Concern (VOC) cases have been identified.

WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENT VACCINATED:

  • 205,356 WEC residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine
  • 189,614 WEC residents have received only 1 dose of a vaccine
  • 15,742 WEC residents have received both doses of a vaccine
  • A total of 221,098 doses have been administered to WEC residents
  • 60.2 per cent of adults 18 years and older have at least one dose