The active COVID-19 case count has increased by 19 over the weekend and sits at 103 in Chatham-Kent.
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 Monday, January 25, 2021.
The total number of COVID-19 cases has increased by 42 and now sits at 1,103 across Chatham-Kent.
CK Public Health officials say three people are hospitalized with COVID-19 from Chatham-Kent, one less than on Friday.
Public health officials announced 23 more recoveries, bringing the total to 995.
Two new institutional outbreaks were announced by CK Public Health officials on Monday.
An outbreak was declared at Meadow Park Nursing Home in Chatham on January 23, 2021 and an outbreak was declared at Tilbury Manor Nursing Home in Tilbury on January 24, 2021.
CK Public Health officials say both new outbreaks involve one staff member at each location.
Fairfield Park officials also announced on Monday that three of their residents have tested positive for COVID-19. Details, here.
CK Public Health officials say there are seven total cases linked to the outbreak at Fairfield Park.
Overall, there are nine active COVID-19 outbreaks across the community:
– Three institutional outbreaks: Fairfield Park in Wallaceburg, Meadow Park Nursing Home in Chatham and Tilbury Manor Nursing Home in Tilbury.
– One workplace outbreak at Walmart in Wallaceburg, details here, one workplace outbreak at New Vision in Wallaceburg, details here, and two other un-named workplace outbreaks, one less than Friday.
– Two congregate living outbreaks.
58 of the active cases are linked to close contact, 17 are unknown, 15 are linked to workplace outbreaks in Chatham-Kent, six are linked to institutional outbreaks in Chatham-Kent, five cases have information pending and two are linked to institutional outbreaks outside of Chatham-Kent.
Since the pandemic began in March, five people from Chatham-Kent have died from COVID-19.
A total of 66,567 tests for the virus have been completed to date.
On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 the Ontario Government declared a second state of emergency to address COVID-19.
“Effective January 14 at 12:01 a.m., there is a stay-at-home order in effect for 28 days requiring everyone to remain at home except for essential purposes, like the grocery store, pharmacy, health care, and essential work,” CK Public Health officials posted on social media.
“Please do your part and follow public health recommendations to help flatten the curve, and keep our community healthy and safe. We can do this CK.”
More details about the emergency declaration and stay-at-home order can be read, here.
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.
