Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, Windsor, January 16, 2020. Blackburn News file photo.Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, Windsor, January 16, 2020. Blackburn News file photo.
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Pair of new COVID-19 cases in Windsor-Essex

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported just two additional COVID-19 cases in the region on Saturday.

The latest two cases bring the total case count up to 2,416.

One of the newest cases is travel related while the other one is from close contact.

A total of seven new cases were listed at resolved on Saturday. So far 2,250 individuals have recovered from the virus in Windsor-Essex.

There were no new deaths reported on Saturday, with the local total still sitting at 71.

Meanwhile, an agriculture workplace outbreak in Kingsville has since been rescinded. There remains one outbreak at a Kingsville agriculture workplace and one at a Leamington agriculture workplace as well as an outbreak at a manufacturing plant in Windsor.

Provincially, 106 new cases were reported on Saturday morning, bringing the total case count in Ontario to 40,565. Nearly 91 per cent of the total cases in the province have recovered.

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