TBDHU, PHU Report New COVID-19 Cases, APH Reports More Variant Cases

A day after reporting no cases for the first time in weeks, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting eight.

One of the cases is in the Thunder Bay area and the rest in unspecified "district communities", bringing the health unit to 3151 total, with 31 "active", four in hospital, one in an ICU.

The Porcupine Health Unit - meanwhile - is reporting 27 cases in the Timmins area, one in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area, and one in the Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, and Fauquier-Strickland area, bringing the health unit to 769, with 165 "active" - 258 of its cases involve variants of concern.

Algoma Public Health is reporting six more cases screened positive for a variant of concern - bringing that total to 74 - it has 20 "active" cases at the moment - including two in hospital - plus two "non-resident cases temporarily in Algoma", also in hospital.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts currently has 79 "active" cases.