The Medical Officer of Health for Windsor Essex says COVID-19 case counts suggest it's very likely that we have reached the peak in the community.
Dr. Wajid Ahmed said the data shows that community transmission is going down and most of the newest cases come from close contact with an individual.
"I'm thankful to the community for following all those recommendations. Without their support, we wouldn't be here. It's definitely a good sign but now is not the time to lose our guard. We still need to do what we are doing to make sure that we can bring it down to a level, which does not affect our community, it does not affect our lives and we can get to a post-COVID era, whatever that may look like," said Ahmed.
Ahmed said the case doubling rate has moved passed the four-day mark and is inching closer to the five-day mark. This is an indicator of how prevalent the disease is in the community.
According to the report, 8.4 per cent of people in Windsor Essex who have contracted COVID-19 have died from the disease. That's slightly higher than the provincial average of 6.7 per cent. Ahmed says this is likely due to the fact that Windsor-Essex has a larger senior population than the province as a whole.
As of Friday morning, 604 people in Windsor Essex had tested positive for the disease, an increase of 10 cases from Thursday. In total, 7,330 people have been tested for the virus, while the health unit is waiting for results of 1,330 tests. To date, 191 people have recovered, and 50 people have passed away. Around 10-12 per cent of cases spend some time in the hospital, however, there are only 18 people currently receiving hospital care.
