Three new COVID-19 deaths reported in Chatham-Kent: CKPH
Chatham-Kent Public Health building in Chatham, Ont. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (Chris Campbell / CTV Windsor)
Chatham-Kent Public Health is reporting three new COVID-19 deaths in its weekly update.
The health unit publishes weekly updates on Wednesdays, capturing the most recently completed surveillance week (Sunday to Saturday period).
The death toll in Chatham-Kent has reached 85 people since March 2020.
There were 63 new COVID-19 cases in the region over the past week and 9,184 total confirmed cases throughout the pandemic.
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