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Four new COVID-related deaths, hospitalizations increase in Windsor-Essex

Windsor Essex County Health Unit in Windsor, Ont., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (Chris Campbell / CTV Windsor) Windsor Essex County Health Unit in Windsor, Ont., on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (Chris Campbell / CTV Windsor)
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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 51 new cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths on Tuesday.

A man in his 40s, a man in his 50s, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 70s, all from the community, have died. The death toll related to COVID-19 in the region has climbed to 477 people.

The last time there were four deaths reported in a single day was on Sept. 21.

Windsor Regional Hospital is reporting 23 people with COVID in hospital – 11 are unvaccinated, three are partially vaccinated and nine are fully vaccinated. There are four unvaccinated patients, one partially vaccinated and three fully vaccinated COVID patients in the WRH ICU.

“The last time we had 23 or more COVID-positive cases in hospital was on May 30,” said WRH spokesperson Steve Erwin. “So it is the highest COVID count we’ve had in more than six months.”

The peak number of COVID cases WRH had in hospital was 74 on Jan. 4, 2021.

According to the Erie Shores Healthcare website, as of Dec. 6, there are four fully/partially vaccinated patients and eight unvaccinated COVID patients in the Leamington hospital.

The health unit says 504 cases are currently active. Due to the change in testing practice at the Public Health labs, genomic sequencing data for variants is delayed.

Windsor-Essex has had a total of 22,300 confirmed cases of the virus, including 21,319 people who have recovered.

BREAKDOWN OF NEW CASES

  • 17 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases
  • 19 cases are community acquired
  • 1 case is outbreak related
  • 1 case is travel related
  • 13 cases are still under investigation

OUTBREAKS IN WINDSOR-ESSEX

  • 17 workplace outbreaks
  • 2 long-term care or retirement home outbreaks
  • 4 community outbreaks
  • 9 school outbreaks

WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS VACCINATED

  • 337,495 WEC residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine
  • 18,711 WEC residents have only received 1 dose of a vaccine
  • 318,784 WEC residents have received both doses of a vaccine
  • 37,203 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 prioritized populations. Further information is available at https://www.wechu.org/cv/clinics#third-dose.
  • A total of 693,482 doses have been administered to WEC residents
  • 81.8% of WEC residents 5+ have received at least 1 dose
  • 77.3% of WEC residents 5+ are fully vaccinated.

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