Lambton Public Health reported another COVID-19-related death Tuesday morning, the 51st in the community since the pandemic began more than a year ago.
The health unit said an individual in their 70s died on Easter Sunday, April 4th.
A case review over the long weekend resulted in a net reduction of three in the area's total confirmed case count. Public health said 10 previously reported cases were referred to other jurisdictions or found to not meet the case definition, and were removed.
Of the 2,936 confirmed cases, 2,725 are considered resolved, dropping the number of active cases by 21 to 160.
As of Tuesday, there are 11 active outbreaks --three schools, four long-term care and retirement homes and four workplaces, unchanged over the last 24 hours.
There's a total of 19 Lambton area schools reporting at least one positive student or staff case.
Bluewater Health still had five COVID-positive patients in hospital.
