WINDSOR, ONT. -- The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 21 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and no new deaths.
The death toll related to COVID-19 sits at 401 people.
Windsor-Essex has had a total of 13,667 confirmed cases of the virus, including 13,037 people who have recovered.
Medical officer of health Dr. Wajid Ahmed returned to work Thursday after his two-week leave. He thanked his team and community members for their support.
Ahmed said he anticipates the region will remain in the red zone on the province's response framework next week.
WECHU says 229 cases are considered active. There are 13 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the hospital and five people are in the ICU.
Here’s the breakdown of new cases:
- 6 are related to close contacts
- 6 are considered community acquired
- 2 are related to outbreaks
- 11 are still under investigation.
The health unit says 51 local Variant of Concern (VOC) cases have been identified in Windsor-Essex.
There are 11 outbreaks in the region, including five at workplaces, five community outbreaks and one at a school
Here’s the number of Windsor-Essex County residents vaccinated:
- 49,834 have received their first dose of the vaccine
- 12,072 have received both doses of the vaccine
- A total of 73,978 doses have been administered to Windsor-Essex County residents.
