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Health Unit Reports 63 New Cases of COVID19 and One Additional Death Saturday

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The region now has 3,570 confirmed cases of COVID19 and 79 deaths

Another person has passed away due to complications related to COVID-19.

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 63 new cases of the virus Saturday along with one additional death.

The latest person to pass away is a man in his 60s from the community.

Of the new cases, 26 were caused by close contact with another confirmed case, seven are being blamed on community spread, three are in local health care workers, two were found in agri-farm workers, one is related to travel to the U.S. while the remaining 24 are still under investigation.

The region now has 3,570 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 79 deaths.

There are seven workplaces, four long-term care homes and two schools on the health unit's list of outbreaks.

Windsor-Essex is currently in the Orange-Restrict level of the province's COVID-19 Response Framework, but will move to Red-Control Monday morning.