APH & PHSD Confirm New COVID-19 Cases, More in Neighbouring Regions

More COVID-19 cases are being reported across the region.

Algoma Public Health's confirmed its 342nd - once again in the Sault Ste. Marie area - leaving it with 26 "active", plus two "non-resident cases temporarily in Algoma", both in hospital.

It also says four more cases screened positive for a variant of concern, bringing that total to 63.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting seven more cases in Greater Sudbury and another in the Sudbury District, bringing the health unit to 1995 - 92 "active" - while ten more cases screened positive for a variant of concern, bringing it to 836.

The Porcupine Health Unit's added 23 cases in the Timmins area, three in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area, and another in the Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Hardy, Moonbeam, and Fauquier-Strickland area - that brings the health unit to 688 cases, 125 currently "active".

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting two in the Thunder Bay area, bringing the health unit to 3131 - 41 "active", including three in hospital, one in an ICU.

It's also declaring an end to an outbreak announced last Friday, involving Canadian Pacific staff who work on the railway east of Schreiber and Terrace Bay.