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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported on Saturday 42 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death.
A woman in her 80s, who lived in the community, has succumbed to the virus.
The additional cases bring the total number of area residents who have tested positive for the disease to 15,126. Of those, 14,242 cases are considered resolved and 413 people have died. There are 471 cases that are currently active.
Eighteen of the newly confirmed cases were attributable to close contacts of people who had already tested positive, nine were connected to community spread and 15 cases were still under investigation.
There are 14 people with COVID-19 in local hospitals. Local variant-of-concern cases now number 710.
Ten workplaces have active outbreaks: three Leamington farms, one construction business in Windsor, two health-care and social assistance settings in Windsor, one manufacturing facility in Tecumseh, a food and beverage business in Lakeshore, one repair and maintenance and one retail workplace – both in Windsor.
There are two school outbreaks – at Amherstburg public elementary school and L’Essor secondary school – though all learning remains remote as per a directive from the Ministry of Education.
The number of Windsor and Essex County residents who have received at least one dose of vaccine has risen to 137,896.
For more information go to WEVax.ca.
jkotsis@postmedia.com
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