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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 30 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 Sunday but no additional deaths.
One new case is outbreak related, four cases are community acquired, 13 are the result of close contact with another person with a confirmed case and 12 are under investigation.
As of Sunday, 275 cases are active in the region. There have been 382 deaths related to COVID-19.
Saturday, the health unit warned of a possible COVID-19 exposure at Ouellette Avenue Pharmacy, 1103 Ouellette Ave. The possible exposures occurred on Feb. 22, 23 and 24 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
The health unit said anyone who was there on those dates should monitor themselves for symptoms of COVID-19 for 14 days from the date of exposure.
As well, 61 students from three cohorts at W.J. Langlois Catholic elementary school have been dismissed after the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School board was notified of three confirmed cases of COVID-19 there.
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A board spokesman said the affected students were notified Saturday that they are not to return to school on Monday.
The health unit received a list of students and staff who may have been directly affected and is contacting anyone who may have been affected. Parents have been notified by the school board that if they have not been contacted by the health unit, their children may continue to attend school as usual.
Information has been posted to the board’s website at https://www.wecdsb.on.ca/about/covid19/outbreaks
There are 12,329 resolved cases in the region, while 50 people remain in hospital.
There are 11 COVID-19 outbreaks at locations across Windsor and Essex County, including two homeless shelters, five workplaces, two long-term care and retirement homes and two hospital settings.
There are still active outbreaks in Leamington Franklin Gardens, a long-term care home and in Windsor, at long-term care home Regency Park.
Leamington’s Rosewood Erie Glen, a retirement home, had its outbreak notice rescinded Sunday.
Windsor Regional Hospital continues to deal with one outbreak at the 7N unit of Met campus and another at the clinical teaching unit of Ouellette campus.
As of Sunday, 3,680 local residents have received their first dose of the vaccine, 11,550 have received both doses.
jkotsis@postmedia.com
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