CBC Windsor June 8 COVID-19 update: 9 new cases today

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit reported nine new cases of COVID-19 in the region.

Two of the new cases are in health-care workers, two in farm workers, two are community cases and three cases are pending investigation.

There have been 1,023 confirmed cases of the disease in our region.

The health unit will start to ramp down their daily live video COVID-19 updates but will continue to provide current information and case counts online and through the media.

WATCH| The health unit's COVID-19 update for June 8:

Random testing will be available in LaSalleon Tuesday at theVollmer Complex from10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The drive-thru testing sites will be available onWednesday in Lakeshore andThursday in Leamington.

Over the weekend, 15 new cases of COVID-19 were reported for our area.

One more person has died from the disease a 24-year-old migrant farm worker.

All long-term care and retirement homes in Windsor-Essex have been cleared of COVID-19 outbreaks.

Second migrant worker, 24, dies from COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex

Windsor Regional Hospitalreportedthe second death of a migrant worker in the Windsor-Essex region due to COVID-19.

The man was 24-years-old and diedFriday, hospital officials said Saturday, adding hehad first gone to Erie Shores HealthCare on June 1from a hotel where he had been self-isolating.

This is the second death of a migrant worker in the region. A 31-year-old man from Mexico who came to Ontario to work on a farmdied of the diseaselast week.

"The hospital sends its prayers to this young man, his family as well as that of the 31-year-old migrant worker who also passed away this week due to COVID-19," an update from the hospital read.

Officials say they have been in touch with the man's family in Mexico.

The issue of COVID-19 on Southwestern Ontario farms was highlighted earlier this week by Ontario Premier Doug Ford after80 of the 400 new positive caseswere among migrant workers atthose facilities.

The premier said he wascommitted to addressing the problem at that time.

Testing centres open 7 days a week

The health unit said testing is available at two assessment centres in Windsor-Essex. People that have at least one symptom of the virus, and people who are asymptomatic but are at risk of contracting the virus can be tested.

Windsor Regional Hospital has went back to usual testing hours, after briefly extending them due to an increase in the volume of people looking to be tested.

Theassessment centre at theOuellette Campus next to the Emergency Departmentis open9 a.m. to 6p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Theassessment centre at Erie Shores HealthCareis open from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

COVID-19 in Sarnia-Lambton

Lambton Public Health reported 270confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region. Overall, 25people have died.

Another 217people have recovered.

Anoutbreak atVision Nursing Home in Sarnia continues with 26 residents in total testingpositive for the disease and 27staff members.

Ten residents in total have died at Vision Nursing Home.

COVID-19 in Chatham-Kent

Chatham-Kent's health unit reported 148cases of COVID-19 for that community, with the majority of them linked to an outbreak at Greenhill Produce.

There are now 103workers at the facility who have tested positive for COVID-19.An outbreak was investigated at the end of April, when about 40 cases of the disease were discovered among workers at the greenhouse operation.

Only threeof those cases are still active, according to CK Public Health. Another 100workers have recovered.

In Chatham-Kent, one person has died due to COVID-19 and 140people have recovered.