APH & PHSD Report New COVID-19 Cases, PHSD Warns of Possible Exposures

Several COVID-19 cases were reported in the region over the weekend.

Algoma Public Health added three in the Sault Ste. Marie area - all stemming from close contact with a known case - bringing the health unit to 447, with fourteen "active" plus one "non-resident case temporarily in Algoma".

Meanwhile, Public Health Sudbury and Districts added eleven in Greater Sudbury, bringing the health unit to 2332, with 44 "active" - the most in weeks.

It's also warning of a few potential "low-risk" public exposures: at the East Side Mario's on Lasalle Boulevard in Greater Sudbury last Monday, September 6th, between 4 and 8 pm; during the 8 pm showing of "Shang-Chi" at the SilverCity Sudbury Cinemas in Greater Sudbury last Tuesday, September 7th; at the Kelsey's Original Roadhouse in Greater Sudbury between 6 and 8 p-m last Friday, September 10th; and at the federal voting poll station at NORCAT Sudbury in Greater Sudbury between 1:15 and 2:15 pm Friday, September 10th.

The neighbouring Porcupine Health Unit added one case - in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area - bringing the health unit to 2188 - it last reported ten "active", but that was before this case.