The pandemic death toll in Windsor-Essex continues to climb with 12 additional COVID-19 related deaths reported.
That brings the total number of pandemic deaths in the region to 538.
The Windsor Essex County Health Unit reported a man in his 50s, three men and two women in their 60s, two men and two women in their 70s, and a man and a woman in their 80s passed away after testing positive for COVID-19.
The health unit also recorded another 164 new high-risk cases on Tuesday morning. The number of known active cases went down to 3,051.
Local hospitals are reporting 115 COVID-19 admissions.
Windsor Regional hospital has 81 COVID-19 positive patients in its care and 45 have been admitted for complications from the virus. There are 14 patients in the intensive care unit and nine of them are being treated primarily for COVID-19. Among those patients, eight are unvaccinated and one is fully vaccinated.
Erie Shores Healthcare has 15 patients who have tested positive for the virus however five of them have been admitted for other reasons.
Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare is reporting 19 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19.
The health unit continues to monitor 88 active outbreaks.