Ontario Assessing COVID-19 Trends to Decide Control Levels
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Thunder Bay Unless there is a serious change, it is likely that Thunder Bay will remain in the Orange Protect category for COVID-19. On Friday, the Ontario government announced that the Peel Region and Toronto will remain in the Grey-Lockdown level and a re-assessment will happen for those regions on January 4, 2020.
Premier Doug Ford will be holding an emergency meeting with health officials.
Thunder Bay has seen the overall numbers of active cases drop. What is likely keeping the District out of being placed in the Red-Control Zone is that the rates of positive tests over the past two weeks has been below the guideline of 2.5 per cent. The number of cases reported at 40 per 100,000 of population is one of the criteria. The Thunder Bay District has met that criteria over the past two weeks.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Southbridge Pinewood long-term care home
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit announced on Friday that a staff member at the Southbridge Pinewood facility has tested positive.
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Posted: Dec 18, 2020 5:03 PM ET | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Southbridge Pinewood long-term care home after one staff member tested positive.(southbridgepinewood.ca)
A second Thunder Bay long-term care home operated by Southbridge has declared a COVID-19 outbreak.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit announced on Friday that a staff member at the Southbridge Pinewood facility has tested positive.
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Thunder Bay – COVID-19 – Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 10 (ten) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region.
All of the latest cases are in the Thunder Bay and surrounding communities.
Two cases are at the Roseview Long-term care facility
Of the ten cases, all are self-isolating.
The Health Unit reports that four cases, outside of the Roseview Outbreak are from close contact. Two are pending and two remain unknown as to how the person contracted the virus.
There are currently 101 active cases in the district.
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COVID-19 outbreak declared at Pioneer Ridge
Outbreak declared at long-term care home s Area 2 after staff member tests positive
Dec 19, 2020 12:03 PM By: TbNewsWatch.com Staff
THUNDER BAY - A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Pioneer Ridge long-term care home, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit and the City of Thunder Bay, which owns the facility, announced Saturday.
The outbreak has been declared in Area 2 of the Tungsten Street facility, after a staff member associated with that unit recently tested positive on Friday.
Provincial guidelines require an outbreak be declared at long-term care homes when one staff member or resident tests positive.