For the third-straight day, the Porcupine Health Unit is reporting no new COVID-19 cases in the region.
There are also three new resolved cases.
To date, there have been 65 confirmed cases of the virus in the region. Of those, 52 are resolved and five people have died. The health unit is following eight known active cases of the virus.
The health unit is aware of 4,113 tests being done locally, which is an increase of 278 from the last report. There are 274 tests under investigation.
That tally doesn't include the testing of staff and residents at long-term care homes.
In yesterday's report the health unit said 1,551 tests had been done at nine of the 10 facilities in the region. In addition to that, 50 staff at the six emergency child care centres have also been tested.
For the local confirmed cases, 41 have been in Timmins. Of those, 31 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 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 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.