The active COVID-19 case count has jumped to 84 across Chatham-Kent and the total number of cases has increased to 686.
The Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit updated their ‘current situation’ page, which provides a summary of COVID-19 cases and testing in Chatham-Kent, on Wednesday, December 30, 2020.
There remains five active COVID-19 outbreaks across the community:
– Two institutional outbreaks: One at Riverview Gardens in Chatham and one at Copper Terrace in Chatham.
– And three un-named workplace outbreaks.
Teresa Bendo, the director of public health in Chatham-Kent, told the Sydenham Current there were no new details about the two institutional outbreaks.
“No additional details about the Copper Terrace outbreak… we continue to work with the home as we do when homes are in outbreak,” Bendo said.
“There is nothing further to add on the RVG outbreak. The RVG posts on social media include all the information that is available.”
The school outbreak, declared on December 20, 2020 at St. Anne Catholic School in Blenheim, was declared over on December 28, 2020, public health officials announced on Wednesday.
One un-named workplace outbreak is also no longer active.
46 of the active cases are linked to close contact, 18 cases have information pending, 12 are unknown, six are linked to workplace outbreaks in Chatham-Kent and two are linked to institutional outbreaks.
CK Public Health officials say one person from Chatham-Kent is currently hospitalized with COVID-19.
To date, 599 people have recovered from the virus in Chatham-Kent, while three people have died.
A total of 55,997 tests for the virus have been completed to date.
As of 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, December 26, 2020, Chatham-Kent joined a province-wide shutdown, which will be in effect for a period of 28 days.
“This shutdown is a collective effort made by all of Ontario to help bend the curve of the COVID-19 virus, and put the health and safety of all of us as our top priority,” CK Public Health officials say.
“These unfortunate but necessary measures are needed to stop the trend of high COVID-19 transmission in communities, preserve the capacity of our health care system, protect and support vulnerable populations and those who care for them, and save lives.”
CK Public Health officials added: “Together, we can make it through this as a resilient, compassionate, and united community.”
More details about the province-wide shutdown can be found, here.
Public health officials are encouraging people to continue following these public health measures:
To view the full ‘current situation’ page from CK Public Health, click here.
For more information about COVID-19, residents are asked to visit
http://www.ckpublichealth.com/covid19Â or call the CK Public Health COVID-19 intake line at 519-355-1071 ex. 1900.
