APH Reports 2 New COVID-19 Cases, More in PHU & TBDHU

More COVID-19 cases have been reported in the region.

Algoma Public Health's added a pair in the Elliot Lake area, bringing the health unit to 396 total, with six "active" and one "non-resident case temporarily in Algoma" - two cases are in hospital, plus two "non-resident" cases in hospital.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's confirmed a pair of cases: one in an unspecified District community, the other in an unspecified First Nation community.

That brings it to 3300 reported cases, with 56 currently "active", five in hospital, one in an I-C-U.

The Porcupine Health Unit's reporting eleven in the James and Hudson Bay region and six in the Timmins area, bringing it to 1673, with 337 "active", two outside the district.

It's also reporting 144 new cases with variants of concern were identified over the last week - bringing its total to 818 - including the health unit's second case of the B1.617.2 variant.

First detected in India, the variant - which has been dubbed "Delta" by the World Health organization - spreads more easily than even the "Alpha" variant first detected in the U-K, and the health unit warns this new case is "likely a sign that it is now circulating in our communities".