Fifteen new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Thunder Bay district on Thursday.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 12:10 PM ET | Last Updated: April 29
15 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Thunder Bay district on Thursday.(Christophe Ena/Associated Press)
Fifteen new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Thunder Bay district on Thursday.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) said 14 of the cases are due to close contact, with one still under investigation.
All of Thursday s new cases are in Thunder Bay and surrounding areas.
The TBDHU also said nine cases have resolved; as of Thursday morning, there were 67 confirmed, active cases of the virus in the district.
The TBDHU also issued a warning about variants of concern (VOCS) being detected in the district.
Twenty-five cases with variants have been detected overall, with 21 of those being confirmed in the last two weeks.
Screening of positive COVID-19 tests from the Thunder Bay district have detected two variants, the TBDHU said.
One is the B.1.1.7 variant, which was first detected in the United Kingdom, and is the most-common variant in Ontario.
The second is a subtype with two mutations, the TBDHU said, which is currently being tested in an effort to determine which variant it is.
Most variant cases in the Thunder Bay district are the result of exposure outside of the region, the TBDHU said, with some secondary transmission occurring in the district.
The Kenora Health Hub has been hit hard by COVID-19.
Twelve new positive tests are reported today.
Two more were recorded in the Fort Frances area, while one each occurred in the Atikokan, Emo and Sioux Lookout regions.
The Northwestern Health Unit currently has 72 active cases in the Health Hubs; Kenora: 31, Fort Frances: 17, Emo: 12, Dryden: 4, Sioux Lookout 4, Red Lake: 2, Rainy River: 1, Atikokan: 1
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is reporting 61 active cases after five new positives Wednesday.
One case resulted in someone travelling outside northwestern Ontario.
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THUNDER BAY For the second straight day, the number of new COVID-19 cases reported by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit is in single digits.
The health unit on Wednesday announced five new cases, while saying 10 previously announced cases are now considered to be resolved, leaving the region with 61 active cases, the fewest since April 23. It marked the second straight day the active case count has dropped, after having risen each of the four previous days.
Four of the cases are considered to be from close contact exposure, while the other is deemed related to travel outside of Northwestern Ontario, the fifth such case in the past three days.
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