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Fletcher ELKINS — Local nurses are being celebrated as part of National Nurses Week, honoring brave individuals who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many longtime nurses are now retired, but still supportive of present-day nurses, including Sarah Fletcher of Davis. “There is a saying that many people who have nurses in their families or are acquainted with, which is ‘Once a Nurse, always a Nurse,'” Fletcher said. “I am a nurse and was part of the nursing community in Elkins from 1967 to 2000,” she said. “I worked at Memorial General and then went to Youth Health...

Thunder Bay’s efforts in crushing COVID-19 appear to be paying off. The health unit tells us while there are three new cases for Thursday, 47 are resolved, which has pushed the active case load to 103. Wednesday it was 148. There’s also a glimmer of good news for Thunder Bay’s health unit concerning the possible variant reported Wednesday, in that it is actually for another region. We’ll have the number of people receiving care at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre when that comes available. Ontario is recording almost 3,300 new cases. Current Outbreaks

COVID-19 (CC) There are fifteen new cases of the coronavirus being reported within the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. Officials indicated Wednesday that a case has been identified as a possible variant of COVID-19. With sixteen cases resolved the active case count stands at 148: Six cases obtained through someone else who had the virus Three cases picked up outside of the home Five cases have no known exposure One case cause is pending In Ontario there are 3,215 new cases to go along with 17 deaths. Current Outbreaks

Masks and Hand Sanitizer - staff photo Another decrease in the number of daily cases of coronavirus within the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. Just a single case of COVID-19 with the case cause pending. Officials also report fifteen resolved cases, which means the active case count now sits at 149. In Ontario Tuesday there were 3,065 new infections reported along with eight deaths. Current Outbreaks

However officials report the 54th death of the pandemic due to coronavirus. Just nine new cases reported on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday: Two people got the virus while at home from someone else Three others got it from outside the house One case has no known exposure Three cases are still waiting for results of how they got it In Ontario a combined 5,979 cases over the last two days along with 22 deaths. Current Outbreaks