Health unit reports 142 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex

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Twenty-one of the outbreaks are at long-term care and retirement homes. Notably, the 151 residents and 106 staff members at The Village at St. Clair in Windsor have tested positive for COVID-19, as have 93 residents and 57 staff at Berkshire Care Centre, located downtown at 350 Dougall Ave.

Also hard-hit are Banwell Gardens Care Centre in Windsor (106 residents and 38 staff), Extendicare Tecumseh (81 residents and 42 staff), Huron Lodge in Windsor (43 residents and 22 staff) and Village of Aspen Lake in East Riverside (50 residents an 16 staff).

Nineteen outbreaks are at workplaces, including five farms in Kingsville and four farms in Leamington, and four health-care and social assistance operations in Windsor and Leamington.

There are also workplace outbreaks at three public administration locations in Windsor, a food and beverage service in Windsor, a personal service setting in LaSalle, and a “retail trade” business in Essex.

Windsor Regional Hospital is dealing with two outbreaks at its Ouellette campus, one on the 6E floor and another on 4M.

There are three community outbreaks at the Salvation Army Centre of Hope and the Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario locations at Dougall and Longfellow avenues.

Over the weekend, the health unit reported 427 additional cases of COVID-19.

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