No new COVID-19 deaths, 8 new hospitalizations reported in Windsor-Essex
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 409 new cases of COVID-19, no additional deaths and eight new hospitalizations on Thursday.
WECHU says due to the recent surge in Omicron cases and changes in eligibility for testing, testing capacity is limited and case, contact, and outbreak management has been modified to focus on high-risk settings. As a result, the health unit says case counts are an underestimate of the true number of individuals with COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex and may impact data completeness.
The death toll related to COVID-19 in the region is at 506 people.
Windsor-Essex has had a total of 30,368 confirmed cases of the virus, including 26,151 people who have recovered. WECHU says 3,711 cases are currently active.
HOSPITALIZATIONS
The health unit says there are 95 COVID patients in local hospitals on Thursday, an increase from 87 on Wednesday. WECHU and hospital numbers sometimes differ slightly depending on the time of reporting.
Windsor Regional Hospital reported 82 people with COVID in hospital on Wednesday. WRH says 49 are being primarily treated for the virus. Out of those patients, 23 are fully vaccinated, five are partially vaccinated and 21 are unvaccinated. There are 10 COVID patients in the ICU - five are unvaccinated and two are partially vaccinated and three are fully vaccinated.
According to Erie Shores Healthcare on Thursday, there are 10 patients with COVID in hospital. All 10 are being primarily treated for the virus. Five COVID patients are unvaccinated and five are vaccinated.
OUTBREAKS IN WINDSOR-ESSEX
- 8 Workplaces are in COVID-19 Outbreak
- 29 COVID-19 Community Outbreaks
- 0 Schools or Daycares are in COVID-19 Outbreak
- 23 Long-Term Care or Retirement Homes are in COVID-19 Outbreak
- 6 Hospital Units are under COVID-19 Outbreak
WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS VACCINATED
- 348,171 WEC residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine
- 21,830 WEC residents have only received 1 dose of a vaccine
- 326,341 WEC residents have received both doses of a vaccine
- 152,629 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 827,141 doses have been administered to WEC residents
- 84.4% of WEC residents 5+ have received at least 1 dose
- 79.1% of WEC residents 5+ are fully vaccinated.
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