For the ninth day in a row, there are no new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Porcupine Health Unit region.
There have been two recoveries since the last report.
The new resolved cases are the boy between the ages of 10 and 19 from Timmins, and the woman in her 90s who was part of the outbreak at South Centennial Manor in Iroquois Falls.
To date, there have been 65 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the region. Of those, 55 are resolved and six people have died. The health unit is following four known active cases.
"We need everyone’s help to keep this trend going. Continue to stay home as much as possible, send only one member per family to run errands when possible, wash hands frequently and maintain a physical distance of 2 metres when you are out. If you are not well, stay home," reads today's update.
The health unit is aware of 4,372 tests being done locally, which is an increase of 79 from the last report. There are 278 tests under investigation. The testing tally does not include the tests done on residents and staff at the 10 long-term care homes as part of the provincial surveillance program.
For the local confirmed cases, 41 have been in Timmins. Of those, 33 cases are resolved and four people have died. There have been 23 cases in the area of Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls. Of those, 21 are resolved and two people have died. There has been one case in the area of Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, and Fauquier-Strickland and it is resolved.
There are COVID-19 Assessment centres in Timmins, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Hearst and Hornepayne. They are by appointment only and you must be referred by your primary healthcare provider or the health unit.
The PHU COVID-19 hotline is open today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It can be reached at 705-267-1181 or 1-800-461-1818.
The health unit is doing expanded testing on people with milder symptoms for a limited time.
The symptoms include cough, fever, and difficulty breathing as well as sore throat/hoarse voice, difficulty swallowing, loss of smell or taste, fatigue, muscle aches, runny nose, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and nausea or vomiting.