Chatham-Kent is down to five active cases on COVID-19, after one individual recovered in the last 24 hours..
The last new case in the municipality was reported a week ago by CK Public Health. The cumulative total of cases sits at 363.
To date there are no hospitalizations and the death toll sits at two.
Lambton County voted against a mandatory mask bylaw for the entire region earlier this week. This is the second time the county-wide council has voted on the issue.
Sarnia-Lambton Public Health has decreased its active caseload to two. Southwestern Public Health (Oxford- Elgin- St. Thomas) is down to five and Middlesex-London has decreased to nine unresolved cases.
Windsor-Essex is Chatham-Kent’s only neighbouring area with active cases still in the double digits, with 90 still remaining.
Ontario’s cases have continued to climb this week. Friday 142 new cases were reported province-wide but only from three regions; Peel, Toronto and Ottawa. Seventy-two of the 142 new cases are attributed the Peel area.
The remaining 31 local public health units reported fewer than five.
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