Spike in COVID-19 cases, WECHU reports 91 new cases

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit in Windsor, Ont., on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (Chris Campbell / CTV Windsor)

Windsor, Ont. -

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 91 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.

Windsor-Essex has had a total of 17,834 confirmed cases of the virus, including 16,949 people who have recovered.

BREAKDOWN OF NEW CASES:

• 13 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases
• 14 cases are community acquired
• 3 cases are travel related
• 2 cases are outbreak related
• 59 cases are still under investigation

In total there are 10 active outbreaks in Windsor-Essex. There are outbreaks at nine workplaces across various sectors and one community, its location is listed by the health unit as Ste. Anne's Parish in Tecumseh and Pelee Island Winery in Kingsville.

The health unit has also reported a possible public exposure at the Ciociaro Club in the B and C Halls on Aug. 14. WECHU asks anyone who visited the located during this time to “get tested immediately and monitor themselves for symptoms of COVID-19 for 14 days from the date of exposure.”

Active COVID-19 cases in the community is at 446, of those cases 272 are variants of concern, and 174 non-variants are active.

The health unit says 2,708 preliminary or confirmed variant of concern cases have been identified.

The death toll related to COVID-19 remains at 439 people.

There are 11 Windsor-Essex residents with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the hospital including two people in ICU.

WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS VACCINATED:

• 298,386 WEC residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine
• 27,389 WEC residents have received only 1 dose of a vaccine
• 270,997 WEC residents have received both doses of a vaccine
• A total of 569,383 doses have been administered to WEC residents
• 78.6 per cent of WEC residents 12+ have received at least 1 dose
• 71.4 per cent of WEC residents 12+ are fully vaccinated