APH Confirms 200th COVID-19 Case, Warns of Possible Exposure on Flights

COVID-19 cases are rising in the region.

Algoma Public Health's confirmed its 200th case - which is the 147th in the Sault Ste. Marie area - leaving the health unit with six "active" cases, one in hospital.

The health unit - meanwhile - is warning of possible exposure on a pair of Air Canada flights on Monday, March 1st: flight AC 481 from Montreal to Toronto - specifically passengers in rows 27 to 33 and flight crew that may have served those rows - as well as flight AC 8321 from Toronto to Sault Ste. Marie, specifically passengers in rows five to eleven and flight crew that may've served those rows.

Meanwhile, Public Health Sudbury and Districts has confirmed fifteen new cases in Greater Sudbury and another in an unspecified Sudbury District community, bringing its total to 714, 124 currently "active".

It's also reporting nine more cases have screened positive for variants of concern.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit - on the other hand - has confirmed 48 more cases, bringing its total to 1843, with 389 "active", 27 in hospital, eight in an ICU.

The Porcupine Health Unit currently has twelve "active" cases, one in hospital.