A Sault Area Hospital health care worker's been identified as Algoma's latest case of COVID-19.
Algoma Public Health reported on Friday that its twelfth case is a woman in her 30s, with Sault Area Hospital announcing the next day that it had received confirmation one of its health care workers had tested positive.
SAH assures it's "actively working" with the staff member, their team, and Algoma Public Health, confirming "appropriate and best practice" infection prevention and control measures had been taken, and that the worker has remained in self-isolation at home since she was tested, following the development of symptoms.
It's unknown how the woman contracted the virus, though the health unit's warning there is evidence of community spread in the Sault area, a message echoed by the hospital, which urges everyone to stay home, practice physical distancing, and wash hands frequently.