COVID-19 cases continued to rise in the region over the weekend.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts added 52 in Greater Sudbury, nine in the Sudbury District, and another in the Manitoulin District, bringing the health unit to 3484 total, with 265 currently "active".
Algoma Public Health's become the hotspot of the region, reporting 67 cases over two days - seven in Central and East Algoma, the rest in the Sault Ste. Marie area - bringing it to 271 "active", including eighteen in hospital.
The number "active" is nearly a third of the 858 cases the health unit's reported since the pandemic, despite the health unit reporting more than 90% of the region's eligible population is partially vaccinated and nearly 87% are fully vaccinated, amounting to more than 80% of the total population partially vaccinated, over 77% fully.
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.
Meanwhile, the Algoma District School Board says it's investigating potential exposure within the Korah Collegiate and Vocational School community in Sault Ste. Marie.