All of Windsor's LTC homes have received first vaccine dose as case count approaches 10K

COVID-19 vaccines have been rolled out at all long-term care homes in Windsor-Essex, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported Monday.

WECHU CEO Theresa Marentette said residents at all19 long-term care homes in the region have received the first of two doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

"It is a huge accomplishment. There's a lot more work to do, though," she said, adding that many residents still have to be vaccinated because they have yet to recover from COVID-19.

Dr. Wajid Ahmed, WECHU medical officer of health, said the region was the first in the province to vaccinate all of its long-term care homes.

The health unit is now moving onto retirement homes, two of which are expected to be completed Monday. Two other retirement homes have already been vaccinated because they were attached to long-term care homes.

The news comes as 21 long-term care and retirement homes remain in outbreak.

Meanwhile, the region's COVID-19 case count inched closer to 10,000 after the health unit reported142 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.

The total was the lowest daily case count reportedso far this month. Ahmed said it would be too soon to conclude that cases are declining.

"I truly hope so, but this is just a one-day decline, and we'll have to see what the next few days bring," he said.

Since the pandemic began, there have been 9,815confirmed cases in Windsor-Essex, 2,728 casesof which are active.

Of the new cases announced Monday, 11are outbreak-related, three are close contacts of confirmed cases,two are community acquired and 126are still being investigated.

There are 99people in hospital in the region, with 17in the ICU.

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There are 45 outbreaks across the region.

Twooutbreaks are active at Windsor Regional Hospital's Ouellette campus.

Three community settings Salvation Army Centre of Hope and two Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario locations are also in active outbreak.

Outbreaks are active at 19workplaces:

• Four in Leamington's agriculture sector.
• Fivein Kingsville's agriculture sector.
• Three in Windsor's health care and social assistance sector.
• One in Leamington's health care and social assistance sector.
• One in Windsor's food and beverage service sector.
• One in a personal service setting in LaSalle.
• Threein public administration settings in Windsor.
• One in a retail setting in Essex

There are 21active outbreaks at long-term care and retirement facilities:

• Chartwell Royal Marquis, with one resident case
• Harrow Woods Retirement Home, with three resident cases and one staff case
• Seasons Retirement Home in Amherstburg, with one staff case.
• Devonshire Retirement Residence in Windsor, with nineresident cases and one staff case
• Iler Lodge in Essex, with two staff cases.
• Chartwell Royal Oak in Kingsville, with twostaff cases.
• Rosewood Erie Glen in Leamington, with 15resident cases.
• Chateau Park in Windsor with four staff cases.
• Leamington Mennonite Home in Leamington, with sixstaff cases.
• Brouillette Manor in Tecumseh, with threestaff cases.
• Augustine Villas in Kingsville, with 26resident and fourstaff cases.
• Sunrise Assisted Living of Windsor, with six resident cases and six staff cases.
• Huron Lodge in Windsor, with 43 resident cases and 22 staff cases.
• Sun Parlor Home in Leamington, with six staff cases.
• Banwell Gardens Care Centre in Windsor, with 106resident cases and 38staff cases.
• The Shoreview at Riverside in Windsor, with 24resident cases and nine staff cases.
• Extendicare Tecumseh, with 81resident cases and 42staff cases.
• Berkshire Care Centre in Windsor, with 93resident and 57staff cases.
• The Village at St. Clair in Windsor, with 151resident cases and 106staff cases.
• Country Village in Woodslee, with three resident and two staff cases.
• Village of Aspen Lake in Tecumseh, with 50resident cases and 16staff cases.