WINDSOR, ONT. -- The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reports 27 new COVID-19 cases in the region on Wednesday.
The health unit says 14 cases are in the community, eight cases are in the agri-farm sector, one is a local healthcare worker and four are still under investigation.
There have been 2,044 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex, including 1314 people who have recovered.
This is the tenth straight day of double-digit increases in new cases in the area.
The highest number of cases is with young adults, with 548 people between the ages of 20-29 testing positive in the region.
“This trend is not only in Windsor-Essex, but across the country,” says medical officer of health Dr. Wajid Ahmed. He says all residents, no matter what age, need to follow public health guidelines.
Even though the virus tends to concern older people and immunocompromised individuals, Ahmed says anyone can be infected and its severity is unknown.
“Some of that goes to the behavior of younger people,”says Ahmed. “There are younger people in ICU, there are younger people who have died from COVID-19.”
Ahmed says residents can’t let their guards down yet.
"We know that there are people who are now gathering and having those social gatherings with large number of people and that's something that we need to be concerned about," adds Ahmed.
The number of deaths related to the virus in Windsor-Essex remains at 69. Forty-nine deaths have occurred among residents in long-term care homes and two are related to migrant workers.
There are nine workplaces experiencing outbreaks - one manufacturing facility in Windsor, one manufacturing facility in Leamington, five agricultural facilities in Kingsville and two agricultural facilities in Leamington.
There are currently two long-term care or retirement homes in outbreak status – Village of Aspen Lakes and Augustine Villas in Kingsville.
