COVID-19 active case count dips below 200 in Windsor-Essex
CBC News | Posted: October 22, 2021 2:58 PM | Last Updated: October 25, 2021
Public health reports 26 new cases, 1 COVID-19 death
For the first time in months, fewer than 200 people currently have COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex, according to statistics released Friday.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit said 199 cases are considered active. That's down from a peak of more than 600 active cases in September.
The public health unit also reported Friday one additional COVID-19 death, that of a man in his 80s. Overall, 462 Windsor-Essex residents have died after contracting COVID-19.
There were 26 new COVID-19 cases announced on Friday, and 13 people are in hospital.
Eighteen outbreaks are ongoing, including eight at workplaces.
- Two outbreaks in the agricultural sector.
- One in the construction sector
- Three in the health care and social assistance sector.
- One in a manufacturing setting.
- One in retail.
An outbreak at Forest Glade Arena has been rescinded, while a new outbreak has been declared at the Downtown Mission.
An outbreak involving one resident at Augustine Villas in Kingsville is ongoing.
Outbreaks are affecting the following eight schools:
- St. Angela Catholic Elementary School.
- Mount Carmel Blytheswood Public School.
- Giles Campus French Immersion Public School.
- Colchester North Public School.
- Leamington District Secondary School.
- West Gate Public School.
- St. Anne French Immersion Catholic School.
- Marlborough Public School.
COVID-19 in Sarnia-Lambton, Chatham-Kent
Chatham-Kent is reporting 14 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, while 61 cases are active overall.
In Sarnia-Lambton, there are 15 new cases and a total of 97 are active.