APH & PHSD Report New COVID-19 Cases, APH Warns of Possible Exposure

Several COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the region over the weekend.

Algoma Public Health's added ten in the Sault Ste. Marie area, bringing the health unit to 566, with 58 "active", including two in hospital.

It's also warning of multiple "low-risk" public exposures: at the 11 am October 31st service at Bethel Bible Church in Sault Ste. Marie; at the Soo Greyhounds game at GFL Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie last Wednesday, November 3rd; and on a pair of Air Canada flights from Toronto to Sault Ste. Marie November 4th.

Meanwhile, Public Health Sudbury and Districts added 37 cases in Greater Sudbury and another in the western part of the Sudbury District, bringing the health unit to 3000 cases since the pandemic began, with 223 currently "active".

It also reported another confirmed or presumed to be a variant of concern, totalling 1600.