As of September 1, 2022, two cases of health-care acquired COVID-19 were identified on Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s (CKHA) Medicine A Unit, located at the Chatham Site.
As such, CK Public Health has formally declared CKHA’s Medicine A Unit to be in outbreak, hospital officials say.
“CK Public Health will work closely with CKHA to manage the outbreak within the Medicine A unit and will continue to work in consultation until the outbreak is declared over,” CKHA officials say.
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 A Unit.
“CKHA will continue following these measures until Chatham-Kent’s Medical Officer of Health rescinds the outbreak order,” hospital officials say.
“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 is 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, August 31, 2022.
A total of 86 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 65 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Wednesday, increasing the total number of cases to 9,470 since the pandemic began.
The current seven day rolling average case count (average number per day) is at nine.
Two outbreaks are active across Chatham-Kent.
A total of 233,637 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date, 85,172 people 5+ have received at least one dose, 82,402 people 5+ have received two doses and 51,362 people 5+ have received three doses.
