43 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death reported in Windsor-Essex

Windsor Essex County Health Unit in Windsor, Ont., on April 6, 2020. (Bob Bellacicco / CTV Windsor)

Windsor, Ont. -

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 43 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death on Friday.

A man in his 70's from the community has died.

The death toll related to COVID-19 in the region has reached 460 people.

The health unit says 261 cases are currently active - 161 variants of concern (VOC) cases are active and 100 non-VOC are active.

Windsor-Essex has had a total of 20,195 confirmed cases of the virus, including 19,474 people who have recovered.

OUTBREAKS IN WINDSOR-ESSEX

• 15 workplaces
• 1 long-term care or retirement home
• 1 community outbreaks
• 8 school outbreaks

There are two new school outbreaks - Colchester North Public School and Leamington District Secondary School.

BREAKDOWN OF NEW CASES

• 16 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases
• 7 cases are community acquired
• 1 case is travel related
• 1 case is outbreak related
• 18 cases are still under investigation

WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS VACCINATED

• 320,795 WEC residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine
• 18,899 WEC residents have only received 1 dose
• 301,896 WEC residents have received both doses of a vaccine
• 4,504 WEC residents have received a 3rd dose/booster shot of a vaccine. Please note: Third Doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine are available for select vulnerable populations.
• A total of 627,195 doses have been administered to WEC residents
• 84.5% of WEC residents 12+ have received at least 1 dose
• 79.6% of WEC residents 12+ are fully vaccinated