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Thunder Bay District expected to move to lockdown, says medical officer of health The Thunder Bay District Health Unit announced 33 new cases on Thursday, as well as its 29th death related to COVID-19. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 25, 2021 11:58 AM ET | Last Updated: February 25 The Thunder Bay District Health Unit announced 33 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the active case count to 315.(Gord Ellis/CBC) The medical officer of health for the Thunder Bay District says peop...

The cohort has been sent home and individuals considered ‘close contacts’ will be contacted by a public health nurse.

  OPHs COVID-19 dashboard now reports 14,429 total laboratory-confirmed cases since the pandemic began.  No new COVID-19 deaths were reported on Tuesday. To date, 437 residents of Ottawa have died throughout the pandemic. The provincial government 975 new cases of COVID-19 reported across Ontario, ending a streak of more than 1,000 new cases per day in the province. Ontario also reported 12 new deaths and 1,002 newly resolved cases on Tuesday. The province added 18 new cases in Ottawa. D...

Photo-unsplash.com More city schools now have cases of COVID-19 to report and two school are moving to virtual learning. Lakehead Public Schools reports there are three positive cases reported at St. James Public School. The board reports the Thunder Bay District Health Unit says there is no evidence the virus has spread in the school setting and it is not considered an outbreak. The Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board tells us there is also an individual at Corpus Christi School that ha...

One school cohort and two bus cohorts will be required to stay home after one case detected at elementary school.

Ottawas four publicly-funded school boards report a total of 57 active cases of COVID-19 at 42 schools across Ottawa.

  OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health wrapped up a fourth weekend of rapid COVID-19 testing blitzes targeting Ottawas schools, on the eve of new requirements for asymptomatic testing of students and staff in schools. Starting Monday, school boards in Ontario will be required to conduct asymptomatic testing of staff and students in at least five per cent of schools within their jurisdiction every week. Education Minister Stephen Lecce tells CTV News Ottawa that while COVID-19 rates are low in s...

Here is the latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Monday, Feb. 22.

  OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting 55 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died. The new figures Monday bring the citys totals to 14,404 cases and 437 deaths since the pandemic began. Ottawa Public Health data show COVID-19 trends have been on the rise in Ottawa in the past week. The weekly incidence rate per 100,000 residents has gone up, as has the testing positivity rate. While figures currently remain in the "Orange-Restrict" level,...

  OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health says 80 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, the highest single-day case count so far this month.  The previous high point in February was on Feb. 7, when 73 new cases were reported. According to Ottawa Public Healths COVID-19 dashboard, there have been 14,349 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the pandemic began. Ontario health officials reported  1,087 new cases provincewide. Ontario health officials also ...