Chatham-Kent’s COVID-19 active case count drops from 39 to 34 on Thursday with one new case and six recoveries, according to public health.
One C-K resident remains hospitalized with the virus.
An institutional outbreak continues in long-term care at Riverview Gardens in Chatham, as a second staff member has now tested positive. The new positive is the only active case connected to the facility. A staff member was initially reported as positive on December 1st.
Of the municipality’s 34 active cases, CK Public Health says 28 cases are close contact transmissions, one is travel-related, one is linked to the outbreak at Riverview Gardens, one is pending and three are unknown.
Chatham-Kent has now had a total of 541 cases, 504 recoveries and three deaths. A total of 14 patients have required hospitalization, accounting for 2.59% of the local cases. Five patients (0.93% of cases) have required stays in the ICU. That large majority, 96.48% (521 cases) did not require hospitalzation.
As of Thursday afternoon, 91.3% of cases have recovered, 7.22% are currently active, and 0.56% (3 cases) have died linked to the virus. Four patients (0.74% of local cases) are experiencing residual effects, according to the health unit. An additional resident recently passed away, but public health says that death was not directly connected to COVID.
Ontario reported a new single-day record high 1,983 new cases on Thursday along with 35 more deaths linked to the illness.
Peel Region accounted for 515 new infections with 496 in Toronto, 208 in York and 112 in nearby Windsor-Essex. Middlesex-London reported 61 new cases with five in Lambton County.
Provincial officials say Ontario will administer its first vaccines next week at hospitals in Toronto and Ottawa. The initial COVID-19 vaccines will go to health-care workers at long-term care homes and high-risk locations. Premier Doug Ford will provide more details on Friday.
