Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit officials updated the ‘current status’ page of their website on Thursday, December 30, 2021.
The active COVID-19 case count jumped to 342, a total of 55 more than on Wednesday.
A total of 14 people with COVID-19 from Chatham-Kent are hospitalized, the same total as Wednesday.
The total number of COVID-19 cases is 3,736 across Chatham-Kent, 73 more than on Wednesday.
A total of 3,367 cases have been resolved.
A total of 264 of the active cases have information pending, 44 are linked to close contact, 27 cases are unknown and seven cases are outbreak related.
Public health officials say five outbreaks are active across Chatham-Kent:
– An outbreak at Naahii Ridge Public School in Ridgetown, declared on December 21, 2021, involves four cases.
– An outbreak at Riverview Gardens in Chatham, declared on December 21, 2021, involves two cases.
– An outbreak at St. Angela Merici Catholic School in Chatham, declared on December 20, 2021, involves five cases.
– An outbreak at Good Shepherd Catholic School in Thamesville, declared on December 17, 2021, involves two cases.
– An outbreak at an un-named manufacturing workplace, declared on December 2, 2021, involves 18 cases.
CK Public Health officials say the Delta variant continues to be the predominant circulating variant of concern in Chatham-Kent.
However, public health officials say the first initial screening results indicating suspect Omicron variant have been received recently.
“Not all specimens can be screened and only a sample of specimens will undergo further sequencing, therefore variant lineage may be presumed based on the initial screening results,” CK Public Health officials say.
Public health officials say a total of 185,374 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date, 83,660 people 5+ have received at least one dose and 78,861 people 5+ have received two doses.
Since the pandemic began in March of 2020, a total of 27 Chatham-Kent residents have died from COVID-19.
The latest data from the Province of Ontario can be found, here.
More details about COVID-19 in Chatham-Kent can be found, here.
