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Health officials report another decline in the number of active cases.
Five new cases of coronavirus were reported Wednesday inside the Thunder Bay District Health Unit as well as ten cases that have been deemed as resolved.
The active case count is 61:
Four cases obtained from someone else who had COVID-19
One cases was obtained through travel outside of Northwestern Ontario
In Ontario 3,480 new cases of coronavirus along with 24 deaths.
Current Outbreaks
THUNDER BAY The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is reporting six new COVID-19 cases.
With nine previous cases having been resolved since Monday, the active caseload fell by three on Tuesday, to 66.
It was the first decline after six consecutive days of gradual growth from a low of 49 on April 19.
Four of the new cases are the result of close contact with infected individuals, and two are connected to travel outside Northwestern Ontario.
The TBDHU reported that it had identified one case as a Variant of Concern, following 11 such cases that it reported on Monday.
It said one more patient is now receiving treatment in hospital, where seven district residents were registered as COVID patients on Monday.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit wants to hear from you if you're an essential workplace. Health officials have launched a pre-registration survey.
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