WINDSOR, ONT. -- The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reports another person has died related to COVID-19 in the region.
There are 11 new cases of the virus in Windsor-Essex, for a total of 685 cases.
As of Friday morning, the health unit says a total of 58 people have died in related to the virus.
There are 252 people who have recovered.Windsor-Essex medical officer of health Dr. Wajid Ahmed says the latest person to die was a woman in her 100s. She was a resident in a long-term care home.
There are 11 outbreaks in long-erm care homes locally.
The health unit provided detailed statistics Friday on the fatalities in the region. The overall case fatality is 8.5 per cent in Windsor-Essex, but for those living in long-term care facilities it is 15.6 per cent.
“That is why all the attention is now focused on this population,” says Ahmed. “In our community the case fatality rate is high and partly it is due to the high case fatality rate in the long-term care homes and retirement homes.”
In the community the case fatality rate is 3.5 per cent.
WECHU says 10,012 tests have been done, with 1,420 results pending.
In Chatham-Kent, there were 89 positive COVID-19 cases reported as of Friday morning.
