CK Public Health is reporting one new case of the coronavirus in the municipality on Friday. Four more recoveries drops the active case count down to 33.
There are currently no Chatham-Kent residents in hospital with the virus and one active institutional outbreak at Riverview Gardens in Chatham. There continues to be just one positive case linked to the long-term care facility.
With 33 active cases as of Friday afternoon, 26 of are close-contact transmissions according to the health unit, while one is linked to the institutional outbreak at Riverview Gardens, one infection is connected to an institutional outbreak outside of Chatham-Kent, two are pending and three are unknown.
Chatham-Kent’s totals currently stand at 519 cases, 483 recoveries and three deaths.
On Thursday, the health unit removed a recent death from the local numbers, saying COVID-19 was not the immediate cause of death or directly related to the immediate cause of death.
“People with COVID-19 who have died from non-COVID-19 related causes are captured in the resolved category,” advised Public Health.
According to the CK Public Health website, 501 cases in Chatham-Kent’s total 519 cases (96.53%) have not required hospitalization. A total of 14 infections (2.7%) have required hospitalization while four cases (0.77%) have required stays in the intensive care unit.
As far as population is concerned, 157 cases (30.3%) have come from the “Urban” area, defined as Chatham and Wallaceburg, with 362 cases (69.7%) labelled as “Rural” from all other areas of C-K.
Breaking the local caseload down to age groups, those 0-9 years old have accounted for 23 cases, with 65 cases among those 10-19 years old, 101 cases for the 20-29 age group, 111 cases in ages 30-39, 101 for 40-49, 49 in those 50-59, 45 cases for the 60-69 category, 19 infections in the 70-79 range and five cases for those 80-89 years old.
Ontario reported 1,780 new cases on Friday along with 25 new deaths.
Health officials say provincial hospitalizations continue to increase with 674 COVID patients in hospital and 207 in ICU.
Middlesex-London was one of three provincial regions moved within the provincial framework. As of Monday, Middlesex-London is moved to the Orange-Restrict level, with enhanced measures, restrictions and enforcement.
