Windsor-Essex reports 3 new COVID-19 cases, continuing single-digit streak

Windsor-Essex continued its streakof single-digit COVID-19 case increases on Tuesday,andthe number of fully vaccinated residents in the southwestern Ontario region rose past150,000.

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported three new cases, in line with a recent trend. For the past two weeks, the number of new cases has been below 10 for all but three days.

Overall, 59cases are active, six of them involvingthe more contagious variants of concern.

Fourteenpeople are now in hospital with COVID-19, up from 11 Monday.

While case counts havefallen, the vaccination rate has risen, with the number of people who have received their second dose rising by nearly 4,600 since Monday's update.

Currently, 150,002 people are fully vaccinated and272,513 residents have received at least one dose.

There are two outbreaks active in Windsor-Essex, one at a manufacturing workplace in Lakeshoreand one at the Downtown Mission.

Who is eligible fora 2nd dose?

Any adult in Windsor-Essex who received a first dose of an mRNA vaccine (Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech) on or before June 2 is able to book a secondCOVID-19 appointment at one of the five mass vaccinationsites, or through a participating pharmacy or primary-care provider.Youth, however, are eligible for second dosestwo months after vaccination only.

Anyone who received the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine can book a second dose of choice at least eight weeks later.

Anyone 12 and older is eligible to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment for their first dose.Full details are available at WEvax.ca.

COVID-19 in Chatham-Kent and Sarnia-Lambton

Chatham-Kent Public Health and Lambton Public Health each reported one additional COVID-19 caseon Tuesday.

In Chatham-Kent, the active case count stands at four, while Sarnia-Lambton has 38 ongoing cases.