Slight improvement in Windsor-Essex COVID-19 case rate, still among highest in Ontario
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 47 new cases of COVID-19 and an increase in outbreaks on Thursday.
The number of outbreaks has increased to 22 in the region, including a new school outbreak and closure on Wednesday.
OUTBREAKS IN THE REGION:
- 19 workplaces
- 1 long-term care or retirement home
- 1 community outbreak
- 1 school outbreak
WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SUMMARY:
The health unit provided its weekly epidemiological summary on Thursday.
Windsor-Essex COVID case rate on Sept. 16, 2021. (Courtesy WECHU)There is a slight decrease in the region’s case rate. The rate for the past seven days the rate is 93.9 cases per 100,000 population, compared to 113 for the previous seven days. WECHU says it’s still among the highest in Ontario.
There were no new deaths. The death toll related to COVID-19 remains at 448 people.
Windsor-Essex has had a total of 19,161 confirmed cases of the virus, including 18,297 people who have recovered.
Windsor Regional Hospital is reporting 13 people with COVID in hospital - 10 are unvaccinated, two are vaccinated and one is partially vaccinated. There are seven people in the WRH ICU, five are unvaccinated, one is vaccinated and one is partially vaccinated.
According to the Erie Shores Healthcare website, there are four unvaccinated COVID patients in hospital.
WECHU says 416 cases are currently active - 261 variants of concern (VOC) cases are active, 155 non-VOC are active.
BREAKDOWN OF NEW CASES:
- 13 cases are community acquired
- 10 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases
- 1 case is outbreak related
- 23 cases are still under investigation
WINDSOR-ESSEX RESIDENTS VACCINATED:
- 309,249 WEC residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine
- 26,396 WEC residents have received only 1 dose of a vaccine
- 282,853 WEC residents have received both doses of a vaccine
- A total of 592,102 doses have been administered to WEC residents
- 81.5% of WEC residents 12+ have received at least 1 dose
- 74.5% of WEC residents 12+ are fully vaccinated
.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Quebec nurse had to clean up after husband's death in Montreal hospital
On a night she should have been mourning, a nurse from Quebec's Laurentians region says she was forced to clean up her husband after he died at a hospital in Montreal.
Northern Ont. lawyer who abandoned clients in child protection cases disbarred
A North Bay, Ont., lawyer who abandoned 15 clients – many of them child protection cases – has lost his licence to practise law.
Bank of Canada officials split on when to start cutting interest rates
Members of the Bank of Canada's governing council were split on how long the central bank should wait before it starts cutting interest rates when they met earlier this month.
Maple Leafs fall to Bruins in Game 3, trail series 2-1
Brad Marchand scored twice, including the winner in the third period, and added an assist as the Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series Wednesday
Cuban government apologizes to Montreal-area family after delivering wrong body
Cuba's foreign affairs minister has apologized to a Montreal-area family after they were sent the wrong body following the death of a loved one.
'It was instant karma': Viral video captures failed theft attempt in Nanaimo, B.C.
Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., say two late-night revellers are lucky their allegedly drunken antics weren't reported to police after security cameras captured the men trying to steal a heavy sign from a downtown business.
What is changing about Canada's capital gains tax and how does it impact me?
The federal government's proposed change to capital gains taxation is expected to increase taxes on investments and mainly affect wealthy Canadians and businesses. Here's what you need to know about the move.
New Indigenous loan guarantee program a 'really big deal,' Freeland says at Toronto conference
Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was among the 1,700 delegates attending the two-day First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) conference that concluded Tuesday in Toronto.
'Life was not fair to him': Daughter of N.B. man exonerated of murder remembers him as a kind soul
The daughter of a New Brunswick man recently exonerated from murder, is remembering her father as somebody who, despite a wrongful conviction, never became bitter or angry.