APH Reports New COVID-19, But Declining "Active" Cases

More COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Algoma.

Algoma Public Health's added thirteen - nine in the Sault Ste. Marie area, three in Central and East Algoma, and another in the Elliot Lake area - though the number of known "active" cases is down to 157 - the lowest in some time - but the number in hospital is up to 21, with three in ICUs.

It's showing nine active outbreaks in the region - at Elliot Lake's St. Joseph's General Hospital, and the rest in the Sault, including multiple parts of FJ Davey Home and Extendicare Maple View in the Sault, plus the Ontario Finnish Resthome, Great Northern Retirement Home, and Sault Area Hospital.