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Possible Variant Included With 15 New Cases

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

The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has seven of nineteen patients that are being treated for coronavirus in the Intensive Care Unit.

In Ontario there are 3,215 new cases to go along with seventeen deaths.

Current Outbreaks

Hospitals

Wilson Memorial General (facility wide)
St. Joseph’s Hospital (1 East)
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (2B Medicine Unit)

  • Originally from southern Ontario, Jason found his way here and fell in love with the community and music scene of Thunder Bay over twenty years ago. In between various stints on radio, television and writing, Jason is a dad, a partner and (some would consider) a zoo keeper (seriously, he has a LOT of pets).

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