PHSD Confirms New COVID-19 in Manitoulin District

Public Health Sudbury and Districts has confirmed a pair of new COVID-19 cases.

Both are in the Manitoulin District - today's update shows one new case stemming from close contact with a confirmed case, another with no known epidemiological link, though there is still one case under investigation.

The health unit's seen a total of 2186 cases, with seven currently "active", four in the Manitoulin District, three in Greater Sudbury.

Wiikwemikoong Unceded Territory's declared an outbreak, noting six cases had been confirmed in the Manitoulin Island First Nation community with two more suspected, divided into what they call "three separate clusters" - in response, it is asking residents to designate a single person from the household for essential travel like food or picking up prescriptions, while non-residents are asked not to visit there at this time.