46 new COVID-19 cases in Windsor-Essex as number of outbreaks rises

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 46 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a decrease compared withthe number ofcases the region has been seeing in recent days.

The region hasseen a strong resurgence in the virus since the beginning of August.The average daily increase for the past seven days has been around 70.

The number of active cases and hospitalizationshas fallen slightly. There are now 486 active cases, down from more than500 earlier this week.

Fourteen people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, a decrease of two from Wednesday.

But the number of outbreaks continues to rise. There are now 19 outbreaks, the majority of which are occurringin workplaces and almost all involvethe highly-contagious delta variant.

Sixteenworkplaces are currently in outbreak. They include:

• One agriculture business in Leamington
• One construction workplace in Windsor.
• One food and beverage workplace in Kingsville.
• Sevenhealth-care and social assistance workplaces in Windsor.
• One health-care and social assistance workplacein Kingsville.
• One health-care and social assistance workplace in Essex.
• Twomanufacturing workplaces in Windsor.
• One in a personal service setting in Windsor.
• One professional services workplace in Windsor.

The remaining three outbreaks are taking place in community settings. Twoare associated with theCiociaro ClubinTecumseh and one is at theUrban Field House in Lakeshore. An outbreak at Southwest Detention Centre has been cleared.

COVID-19 in Chatham-Kent, Sarnia-Lambton

Sarnia-Lambton reported two new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and there are 13 active cases in the region.

In Chatham-Kent, there are 76 active cases. Eighteen new cases were reported Thursday.