Despite a steady rise in cases of COVID-19, Chatham-Kent chief medical officer sees a light at the end of the tunnel.
Dr. David Colby says as long as we all stick together and do what’s best for the community, we’ll make it through.
“We’re really hoping vaccines will come to Chatham-Kent soon so that we can take a more definitive attack against this problem,” Colby says. “We’re hoping that lockdown will have an effect, but it’s a wait and see game right now. A lot of people disregarded public health advice with regard to holiday gatherings, and we’re paying the price in terms of increased numbers.”
Colby says the majority of cases in Chatham-Kent continue to be from close contact with a COVID positive case.
“Most of our cases are still known contacts of positives, so we have isolated them and advised them to get tested. We do have some that are not identified that way, that we have to start from scratch with contact follow-up.”
As it stands there are 128 active cases of COVID-19 in Chatham-Kent, including 13 outbreaks and three area residents in hospital being treated for the virus.