The Porcupine Health Unit isn't reporting any new COVID-19 cases or recoveries today.
There have been 65 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the region. Of those, 49 are resolved and five people have died. The health unit is following 11 known active cases.
As of yesterday, the health unit is aware of 3,695 tests done locally, which is an increase of 273 from the last report. There are 229 tests under investigation.
The regular tally doesn't include those being done as part of the mandated surveillance at long-term care homes. Yesterday, the health unit reported 1,375 tests had been done on staff and residents at eight of the 10 long-term care homes in the region.
There are outbreaks at three long-term cares homes — Golden Manor and Extendicare in Timmins, as well as South Centennial Manor in Iroquois Falls.
For the local cases, 41 have been in Timmins. Of those, 28 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, 20 are resolved and one person has 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 53 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 expanded list of symptoms includes 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.
