Dr. Janet DeMille, medical officer of health for the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. (File).
THUNDER BAY - There are growing calls from health experts in Southern Ontario for the provincial government to extend its stay-at-home order past the original May 20 end date to prevent a fourth wave of COVID-19, but local health officials continue to support a regional approach to reopening given decreasing cases in the district.
“I would always support a regional approach,” said Dr. Janet DeMille, medical officer of health with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit.
“I just think there are issues in the Toronto area that we don’t experience here. We can do better than Toronto most times. I would very much support a regional approach and have indicated that when I’ve had opportunities to provide that input.”
None of the new cases Thursday were one of the variants of COVID-19.
Health officials confirm that the active case count stands at 36.
This comes as Ontario reports 2,759 new cases of the virus along with 31 deaths.
Six new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Thunder Bay district on Thursday.
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Posted: May 13, 2021 11:25 AM ET | Last Updated: May 13
Six new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Thunder Bay district on Thursday.(Robert Short/CBC)
Six new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Thunder Bay district on Thursday.
The new cases include three that are due to close contact and two with no known exposure, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) said.
One case remains under investigation.
Five of the cases are in Thunder Bay and surrounding areas, and one is in an Indigenous community.
The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting five new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday morning.
They tell us that three come from the Dryden health hub, while two are from the Sioux Lookout region.
As is the procedure, follow-up is now underway with the cases as well as their close contacts. If you are a known close contact of a confirmed case, the NWHU says they will contact you directly.
The regional health authority tells us that despite the new cases, the active case count in their catchment area is down from the 53 reported on Tuesday to 47.
The biggest drop in active cases came in the Kenora area, which went from the 16 reported on Tuesday to eight on Wednesday.
THUNDER BAY - After no new COVID-19 cases were reported for the first time in months on Tuesday, the number of active cases in the district has once again increased.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is reporting eight new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. With six previous cases now considered resolved, the active case count has increased slightly from 29 on Tuesday to 31 on Wednesday.
Of the new cases, one is from Thunder Bay and surrounding areas and seven from district communities. Close contact accounts for seven of the new cases, while the remaining case has no known exposure.
No additional cases have screened positive for a variant of concern.