Woman in 70s dies related to COVID-19, Windsor-Essex adds 20 new cases: WECHU
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 20 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death on Friday.
The health unit says a woman in her 70s from the community has died related to the virus. WECHU says she was unvaccinated.
The death toll related to COVID-19 has increased to 436 people.
Medical officer of health Dr. Wajid Ahmed delivered the region’s epidemiological summary on Friday morning. He says the trends are heading in the wrong direction.
Epidemic Curve in Windsor-Essex. (Courtesy WECHU)
The per cent positivity for the region is 1.2 per cent. That is the eighth highest in the province.
Windsor-Essex has had a total of 16,958 confirmed cases of the virus, including 16,443 people who have recovered.
BREAKDOWN OF NEW CASES:
- 7 cases are community acquired
- 6 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases
- 1 case is travel related
- 6 cases are still under investigation.
WECHU says 79 cases are currently active:
- 32 variants of concern (VOC) cases are active
- 47 non-VOC cases are active
There are three confirmed COVID-19 cases in the hospital in the region.
There are three workplace outbreaks in Windsor-Essex.
In provincial data, Ahmed says most of the new cases are not vaccinated.Post-vaccination cases of COVID-19 in Ontario. (Courtesy WECHU)
WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS VACCINATED:
- 289,947 WEC residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine
- 33,201 WEC residents have received only 1 dose of a vaccine
- 256,746 WEC residents have received both doses of a vaccine
- A total of 546,693 doses have been administered to WEC residents
- 76.4% of WEC residents 12+ have received at least 1 dose
- 67.6% of WEC residents 12+ are fully vaccinated.
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