{"id":14547,"date":"2020-05-12T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T13:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=14547"},"modified":"2020-05-17T23:33:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T03:33:36","slug":"2-additional-deaths-6-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-windsor-essex-as-of-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/2-additional-deaths-6-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-windsor-essex-as-of-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Additional Deaths, 6 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Windsor Essex As Of Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last updated: Tuesday May 12th, 9:42am<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has confirmed 6 additional cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday morning, bringing the local total to 732. They said 287 people locally have recovered.<\/p>\n

Cases increased from 726 on Monday May 11th to 732 on Tuesday May 12th.<\/p>\n

The Health Unit announced two additional deaths as of Tuesday bringing the local death toll to 61.\u00a0 Dr. Wajid Ahmed, Medical Officer of Health says a female in her 90s and a female in her 80s passed away on Monday.\u00a0 He says both were residents of long-term care homes.<\/p>\n

Of the 61 total, local deaths, the Health Unit says 47 deaths have been residents of long-term care and retirement homes.<\/p>\n

The Health Unit says there are still ongoing outbreaks at fifteen facilities: AMICA, Sun Parlour, Lifetimes on Riverside, Franklin Gardens, Heron Terrace, Country Village Homes, Village at St. Clair, Chartwell Oak Park LaSalle, Berkshire, Chartwell Kingsville Retirement Residence, Extendicare Southwood Lakes, Dolce Vita, Leamington Mennonite Home, Riverside Place, Chartwell Oak Park Terrace.<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday morning, 11,585 tests have been conducted and 1,774 tests are pending.<\/p>\n

Elayne Isaacs, Integrated Care Manager as the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre announced they will be offering COVID-19 testing options for the indigenous community.\u00a0 \u201cWe are expanding our testing services beyond existing clients to the indigenous community at large,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Isaacs says the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre currently serves around 700 individuals but she says there are likely more than 8,000 indigenous people in Windsor and Essex County.<\/p>\n

\u201cServices are open to all First Nations, Inunit and M\u00e9tis people living in and around Windsor Essex,\u201d Isaacs said. \u201cScreening is done over the phone with one of our healthcare providers.\u00a0 Based on the screening, a testing appointment, a time and date are provided.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring this pandemic and always, we want to ensure our indigenous people have options. They need to feel safe and as comfortable as possible to access the services they need,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cAboriginal health access centers recognize our indigenous rights to determinations in health and we support COVID-19 screening and testing services as identified and led by indigenous community and organizations across Ontario.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do this because we recognize the need for indigenous-specific responses as part of a broader strategy to address health equity for our people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Last updated: Tuesday May 12th, 9:42am The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has confirmed 6 additional cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday morning, bringing the local total to 732. They said 287 people locally have recovered. Cases increased from 726 on Monday May 11th to 732 on Tuesday May 12th. The Health Unit announced two…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[120,162,161,157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15290,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14547\/revisions\/15290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}