WINDSOR, ONT. -- The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths on Sunday.

The death toll related to COVID-19 has reached 426 people.

Windsor-Essex has had a total of 16,533 confirmed cases of the virus, including 15,875 people who have recovered.

Breakdown of new cases:

  • 14 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases
  • 5 cases are community acquired
  • 2 cases are still under investigation

Outbreaks in the region:

  • 8 workplaces are in COVID-19 outbreak
  • 1 community outbreak

There are 15 Windsor-Essex residents with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the hospital with four people in the ICU.

There are 232 cases considered active, of those cases 131 have been identified as Variants of Concern (VOC) and 101 are non-VOC.

According to the health unit, 1,765 preliminary or confirmed Variant of Concern (VOC) cases have been identified.

Windsor-Essex County residents vaccinated:

  • 241,521 WEC residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine
  • 215,620 WEC residents have received only 1 dose of a vaccine
  • 25,901 WEC residents have received both doses of a vaccine
  • A total of 267,422 doses have been administered to WEC residents