Algoma Public Health's continuing to report surging COVID-19 cases.
Delayed by a power outage caused by the snowstorm, the health unit's reporting 32 new cases in the Sault Ste. Marie area, bringing the health unit to 890, with 270 "active", including seventeen in hospital.
This comes as the health unit's warning of a few possible public exposures: "high-risk" exposure on an Air Canada flight from Toronto to the Sault November 14th; "low-risk" exposure at Sault Ste. Marie's John Rhodes Community Centre Pool between 4:30 and 5:30 pm November 17th; and "low-risk" exposure at Shooter's Lounge in the Sault between 11 am and 2 am November 13th and 14th, and from 11 am to 4 pm November 15th.
The Algoma District School Board's confirmed four more schools have seen individuals test positive - the White Pines and Korah collegiate and vocational schools in Sault Ste. Marie, as well as Echo Bay and Central Algoma Secondary - while outbreaks have been declared for Thessalon Public School and Korah Intermediate in the Sault.
In neighbouring regions, the Porcupine Health Unit's declared an outbreak at a Timmins elementary school, while the Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting fourteen new cases in the Thunder Bay area and three more in unspecified First Nation communities, bringing it to 3490 total, with 30 "active", including one in hospital.