Greenstone mayor asks residents to stay home
Active COVID-19 cases are reported in Longlac, Longlac # 58 First Nation and Ginoogaming.
Jan 20, 2021 3:58 PM By: TbNewsWatch.com Staff
Renald Beaulieu is the mayor of Greenstone (TBNewswatch file)
GREENSTONE, Ont. Greenstone Mayor Renald Beaulieu is appealing to residents of the sprawling municipality to do what s necessary to keep COVID-19 from spreading any farther.
As of Wednesday, there were 15 active cases in Greenstone and surrounding First Nations.
A breakdown of the communities was not immediately available, but on Tuesday there were seven cases in Longlac, seven in Long Lake # 58 First Nation, and two in the adjacent Ginoogaming First Nation.
The Thunder Bay District Jail remains on lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak among inmates there, but the facility is still being required to accept new inmates as it's the only remand centre in the region.
Five new COVID-19 cases announced, two more deaths
Another 10 cases are considered resolved, bringing the district s active total to 70, the lowest it s been since Nov. 28, when there were 67.
Dec 31, 2020 10:26 AM By: Leith Dunick
A COVID-19 test kit. (Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com)
THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay’s COVID-19 case count has grown by five and the death count has grown by two.
The two deaths are attributed to an ongoing outbreak at Southbridge Roseview nursing home.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit on Thursday said three of the cases are considered close contact and two are pending. All five are considered to live in Thunder Bay and surrounding areas, which includes a number of nearby neighbouring communities, such as Oliver Paipoonge and Conmee Township.
Five new COVID-19 cases in Thunder Bay area
Twenty-one resolved cases brings the number of active cases below 90
Dec 21, 2020 11:29 AM By: TbNewsWatch.com Staff
Two of the cases are at Southbridge Roseview long-term care.
Two others are the result of close contact elsewhere in the community, and one of the cases has no known exposure.
The TBDHU also reported 21 previously-diagnosed cases have now been resolved.
The total number of reported active cases in the city and district fell from 103 on Sunday to 89 on Monday.
This is the first day since December 3 that the figure has been below 100.
No individuals are currently in hospital receiving treatment for COVID-19.
COVID-19 cases grow by 9 in Thunder Bay District
All nine of the latest cases detected are in people under 40.
Dec 10, 2020 12:19 PM By: Leith Dunick
THUNDER BAY – The COVID-19 case count continues to grow.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit on Thursday announced nine new cases, bringing the region’s total to 409 since March.
The exposure category in seven of the cases is listed as close contacts with other cases. One is travel-related and the other is no known exposures.
Five of the cases are in people younger than 20, four females and one male.
St. Martin Elementary School on Wednesday announced three more people associated with the school had been sent home, leading to three full cohorts being sent home.