Local health unit reports 62 new COVID cases

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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 62 more COVID-19 infections on Tuesday.

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Of the new cases, 16 are close contacts of confirmed cases, five are community acquired and two are outbreak related. Transmission sources for the remaining 39 cases are still under investigation.

To date, 18,179 local residents have tested positive, including 527 cases that are still active and 439 people who died as a result of COVID. Resolved cases number 17,213, though some of those individuals may be experiencing lasting health impacts from the disease.

Thirteen people who have tested positive are in area hospitals.

Cases of the more highly contagious Delta variant have risen by 12 since Monday, for a total of 957 Delta variant cases. Overall, 2,971 preliminary or confirmed variant of concern cases have been identified, most of them being the Alpha variant (1,834 cases).

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A new workplace outbreak has been declared at another health care and social assistance setting in Windsor. In total, 13 workplaces currently have active COVID outbreaks.

Community outbreaks remain active at the Ciociaro Club in Oldcastle and the South West Detention Centre in Maidstone. An outbreak linked to a wedding involving St. Anne’s Parish in Tecumseh and Pelee Island Winery in Kingsville has been rescinded.

So far, 79.2 per cent of local residents ages 12 and up have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 72.1 per cent are fully vaccinated.

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