Greater Sudbury has its seventh case of COVID-19, Public Health Sudbury & Districts confirmed in a press release at 8:20 p.m. on March 28.
The positive case is a Greater Sudbury man in his 50s who was on a flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida into Hamilton International Airport on Swoop flight WO719 on March 16. Passengers in rows 19-23 and flight crew that may have served these rows are considered close contacts of the confirmed case.
“These individual in addition to all people who have travelled outside of Canada are directed to self-isolate for 14 days from their arrival in Canada,” the health unit said.
This is the 23rd case in Northern Ontario of the illness caused by novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
On Saturday, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit confirmed its second case of COVID-19 in the area to be an individual in their 20s who developed symptoms while in self-isolation.
Late yesterday, four new cases were confirmed in Timmins, bringing that's city's total to 10. A man in his 30s is the seventh positive case in the area covered by the Porcupine Health Unit. No further details were provided on the other three cases.
Timmins now has the highest number of cases in the North.
At this point, there are two positive cases of COVID-19 in the North Bay Parry Sound District, two cases in Thunder Bay, 10 cases in Timmins and two cases in the District of Algoma. Regions covered by Public Health Sudbury & Districts continue to count six cases.
Algoma Public Health (APH) announced its most recent case Friday to be a woman in her 40s who recently returned from Michigan.
Ontario has the second-highest number of confirmed cases of the virus behind Quebec, with a total of 1,119 confirmed or presumptive cases, including 18 deaths and eight recoveries as of 10:30 a.m. on March 28.
There were 5,153 confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Canada as of 8:25 a.m. on March 28, following the testing of 184,201 individuals.
As of 4 a.m. that morning, there have been 55 COVID-19 related deaths and 320 recoveries in Canada to date.
Across the globe, there are 571,678 confirmed cases as of 12:27 on March 28, including 26,495 deaths in 202 countries, areas or territories.
