Updated March 28 at 8:45 p.m.: Public Health Sudbury & Districts confirmed the North's 23rd case of COVID-19, and the Nickel City's seventh case, this evening.
In a press release at 8:20 p.m., Public Health said the positive case is a man in his 50s, who likely contracted the virus during international travel. He landed at Hamilton International Airport on March 16 on a flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The man is self-isolating at home, the health unit said.
The story below, published this afternoon, has been updated to reflect the new case.
Original story
There were three new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Northern Ontario on Saturday, one in Greater Sudbury and two outside the area, bringing the North's total to 23 cases.
As of March 28 at 8:20 p.m., there are seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts. While no one has died from the illness caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, none of the people infected with the virus have recovered.
There have been 494 individuals tested for COVID-19 in the area to date, 335 of which have tested negative and 153 that are awaiting results, Public Health Sudbury and Districts reports.
But while local numbers remain stagnant, the same cannot be said for the rest of Northern Ontario.
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.
The individual developed respiratory symptoms on March 21, attended the Sault Area Hospital on the night of March 23, and was tested on March 24, said APH in a press release.
Two days before becoming ill, however, APH said the individual ran an "errand" in Sault Ste. Marie, but they do not believe there to have been any close contact from that single activity.
The individual has since been instructed to remain in self-isolation following public health guidance and monitoring.
Ontario has the second-highest number of confirmed cases of the virus behind Quebec, with a total of 1,118 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.
