WINDSOR

19 new COVID-19 cases in Windsor-Essex, including 17 in agri-farm sector

Melanie Borrelli

Melanie Kentner CTV Windsor Multi-Skilled Journalist / Digital Lead

Published Friday, June 19, 2020 9:09AM EDT Last Updated Friday, June 19, 2020 9:33AM EDT

Windsor-Essex medical officer of health Dr. Wajid Ahmed in Windsor, Ont., on Friday, May 29, 2020. (Bob Bellacicco / CTV Windsor)

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WINDSOR, ONT. -- The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit says there are 19 news cases of COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex, including 17 in the agri-farm sector.

The total is 1,263 confirmed cases in the region, including 730 people who have recovered.

The death toll in Windsor-Essex remains at 67. Forty-nine deaths are related to residents in long-term care homes and two are related to migrant workers.

Eight workplaces are in outbreak status – five in Leamington and three in Kingsville.

A workplace outbreak defined as two or more employees testing positive for COVID-19 within a reasonable timeline to suspect transmission in the workplace.

There are also two long-term care facilities in outbreak status – Village of Aspen Lake and Country Village Homes.

In Chatham-Kent the total number of positive cases is at 152.