The Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit provided the latest COVID-19 statistics in the community on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.
Three new deaths were reported.
A total of 85 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 63 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Wednesday, increasing the total number of cases to 9,184 since the pandemic began.
The current seven day rolling average case count (average number per day) is at nine.
Three outbreaks are active across Chatham-Kent, including an outbreak at Fairfield Park in Wallaceburg.
A total of 25 positive cases are linked to the Wallaceburg long-term care home.
A total of 232,186 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date, 85,178 people 5+ have received at least one dose, 82,353 people 5+ have received two doses and 51,198 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.
