As of May 20, 2022, three cases of health-care acquired COVID-19 were identified on Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s (CKHA) Medicine Unit located at the Chatham Site.
As such, CK Public Health has formally declared CKHA’s Medicine Unit to be in outbreak, hospital officials say.
“CK Public Health will work closely with CKHA to manage the outbreak within the Medicine Unit and will continue to work in consultation until the outbreak is declared over,” CKHA officials said in a media release.
“CK Public Health is communicating with impacted patients and families for the contact tracing process. CK Public Health contacts individuals who have been exposed and informs them of appropriate measures to take.”
As part of CKHA’s pandemic response action plan and in alignment with the hospital’s infection prevention and control guidelines, a number of additional initiatives have been implemented in response to the outbreak on the Medicine Unit.
“CKHA will continue following these measures until CK Public Health rescinds the outbreak order,” hospital officials added.
“Since the onset of this pandemic, CKHA has taken decisive and immediate action with the ever-evolving dynamics of COVID-19. The safety of staff, physicians, patients, care partners, visitors and the community at large, has and will remain the top priority.”
CKHA officials are reminding the community that the hospital remains a safe place to receive care.
“If you are experiencing an emergent acute care need, please do not hesitate to dial 911 or visit your nearest Emergency Department.”
Further updates will be provided as more information becomes available.
The Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit provided the latest COVID-19 statistics in the community on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
A total of 75 Chatham-Kent residents have died from the virus since the pandemic began in March of 2020, public health officials say.
CK Public Health officials say 147 new COVID-19 cases were reported last Wednesday, increasing the total number of cases to 8,611 since the pandemic began.
A total of three people were hospitalized for COVID-19 at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, public health officials added.
The current seven day rolling average case count (average number per day) was at 21.
Public health officials say 12 outbreaks were active across Chatham-Kent.
A total of 224,266 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date, 85,188 people 5+ have received at least one dose, 82,251 people 5+ have received two doses and 50,678 people 5+ have received three doses.
CK Public Health officials say as of the week of May 1 the Chatham-Kent COVID-19 Surveillance Report will be updated once per week on Wednesdays by 11 a.m.
The current situation page in Chatham-Kent can be seen, here.
Public health officials say to access regular reporting by the province for Ontario and public health units, go to the Ministry COVID data section and to Public Health Ontario’s COVID Data Tool.
