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The Algoma district was hard hit last week with 28 new COVID-19 cases, the majority coming from Sault Ste. Marie and area. Algoma Public Health (APH) reported six new cases of COVID-19 on April 5, all from Sault Ste. Marie and area. Cases 242 and 243 are the result of close contact while cases 244 and 245 are unknown exposure. Cases 246 and 247 are due to close contact and all individuals are self-isolating. On April 6, APH announced one new case of COVID-19, from Sault Ste. Marie and area. Case 248 is unknown exposure and is self-isolating. On April 7, APH reported five new cases of COVID-19, from Sault Ste. Marie and area.
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A long-term care (LTC) worker at the North Shore Health Network Blind River site has tested positive for COVID-19. The worker, who was tested as part of ongoing proactive surveillance, is self isolating at home while all LTC residents have been placed in quarantine. The announcement was made by the hospital on April 9 after Algoma Public Health (APH) reported four new cases in the Algoma region including three from Sault Ste. Marie and one from Central and East Algoma. The latest cases brings the tally to 17 new cases in the district since Monday with the majority from Sault Ste. Marie and area.
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