APH reports 8 new cases of COVID-19 in Algoma

Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting eight new cases of COVID-19 in the region.

These latest positive test results bring the total number of confirmed cases in the Algoma district to 55.

The details of the cases are:

The unknown exhibit is evidence of the ongoing community spread in Sault Ste. Marie and area.

Through contact traceability, APH directly notifies any contact considered close: if you have not been contacted, you are not considered a close contact.

Important information:
• Anyone who is ill, even with mild symptoms, should stay home and isolate themselves away from others.
• Not having close contact with other people outside the household of the people you live with. Outside the home, always practice physical distances by staying two meters from other people.
• Limit non-essential travel outside the home and avoid non-essential travel to other regions of the province. This is part of the new advice from the Chief Medical Officer of Health announced on 9 October.
• All returning international travelers must stay at home for 14 days. The APH’s Chippewa County Travel Notice of November 4 strongly advises those who regularly cross the Canadian-US border to stay home for as long as possible for 14 days, even if exempt from quarantine.
• As of October 2, the mandatory masking policy has been extended to all of Ontario for all internal environments in the province, such as businesses, facilities and workplaces.

For more information, visit the APH website.