WINDSOR, ONT. -- The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 13 new cases of COVID-19 and two new deaths on Wednesday.

Two women from the community in their 60s are the latest deaths. It is unknown if the women were vaccinated.

“At this time, I don’t have that information. I just have their ages and that they were from the community,” says health unit CEO Theresa Marentette.

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

Windsor-Essex has had a total of 16,436 confirmed cases of the virus, including 15,713 people who have recovered.

WECHU says 21 Windsor-Essex residents with confirmed cases of COVID-19 are in the hospital and six are in the ICU.

There are 297 cases that are currently active, including 159 identified as Variants of Concern.

HERE’S THE BREAKDOWN OF NEW CASES:

  • 7 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases
  • 2 cases are community acquired
  • 1 is outbreak related
  • 3 cases are still under investigation.

OUTBREAKS IN THE REGION:

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

WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS VACCINATED:

  • 231,271 WEC residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine
  • 211,267 WEC residents have received only 1 dose of a vaccine
  • 20,004 WEC residents have received both doses of a vaccine
  • A total of 251,275 doses have been administered to WEC residents.