Five cases of coronavirus in Thunder Bay could be one of the variants. Officials with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit report four additional case.
Thunder Bay sees 4 new COVID-19 cases over last 3 days
A total of four new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Thunder Bay district over the last three days.
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Posted: May 25, 2021 10:42 AM ET | Last Updated: May 25
Four new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Thunder Bay district over the last three days.(Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
A total of four new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Thunder Bay district over the last three days.
The four cases announced Tuesday by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is the combined total of new cases for May 23, 24, and 25 (the TBDHU did not provide new cases numbers on Sunday and Monday, due to the May long weekend).
THUNDER BAY The number of active cases of COVID-19 in the Thunder Bay district edged downward over the holiday weekend.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit reported four new cases, and the resolution of five previously diagnosed cases.
This brought the caseload down to 24.
Since November 2020, the number of active cases has only reached this level on one other occasion – May 19.
Among the new cases, one involves travel outside Northwestern Ontario, one resulted from close contact with an infected person, one has no known exposure source, and one is still under investigation.
The TBDHU also said it had identified five additional cases with Variants of Concern.
It’s the details they’re not thrilled about.
Liberal Michael Gravelle (Thunder Bay-Superior North) and the NDP’s Judith Monteith-Farrell (Thunder Bay-Atikokan) say the plan is a rejection of their preferred regional approach, with the District of Thunder Bay down to just 25 active COVID-19 cases.
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