Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit officials updated their ‘current status’ page of their website on Monday, October 4, 2021.
The active COVID-19 case count jumped to 122 over the weekend, 15 more than on Friday.
Public health officials say 74.1% of the active cases are unvaccinated, 10.1% are fully vaccinated, 8.6% are partially vaccinated, 5.4% are unknown and 1.7% are not yet protected. These figures are as of September 25, 2021, public health officials say.
A total of eight people with COVID-19 from Chatham-Kent are hospitalized, two more than on Friday.
The total number of COVID-19 cases is 2,524 across Chatham-Kent, 48 more than on Friday.
A total of 2,382 cases have been resolved.
A total of 69 active cases are linked to close contact, 18 cases are unknown, 18 cases have information pending and 17 cases are outbreak related.
Public health officials say there are seven current outbreaks across Chatham-Kent, with two new outbreak announced on Monday:
– An outbreak was declared at St. Ursula Catholic School in Chatham on October 3, 2021. This outbreak involves two total cases.
– An outbreak was declared at St. Elizabeth Catholic School in Wallaceburg on September 30, 2021. This outbreak involves three total cases.
– An outbreak at Eben-Ezer Christian School in Chatham remains active and involves five total cases.
– An outbreak at McNaughton Area Public School in Chatham remains active and involves five total cases.
– An outbreak at Copper Terrace, a long-term care home in Chatham, remains active and involves five active cases.
– An outbreak at Tilbury District High School remains active and involves two cases.
– A school outbreak at Lambton-Kent Composite School in Dresden remains active and involves five total cases.
CK Public Health officials say the Delta variant continues to be the predominant circulating variant of concern in Chatham-Kent and Ontario.
“The majority of current cases among people living in CK have initial mutation screening results in line with the Delta variant,” public health officials added.
Public health officials say a total of 146,120 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date, 77,400 people 12+ have received at least one dose and 71,601 people 12+ have received two doses.
CK Public Health officials say several vaccine clinics are scheduled in Chatham in the first part of October:
A total of 134,704 tests for the virus have been completed to date.
Since the pandemic began in March of 2020, a total of 20 Chatham-Kent residents have died from COVID-19.
