The North Bay Parry Sound Health Unit reports five new COVID cases today, bringing the total number to 501 since the pandemic began.
There are now 41 active cases, all in the Nipissing District. The active case count has been fuelled by an outbreak at the North Bay Jail.
See: North Bay Jail COVID outbreak now reaches 13 cases
The Health Unit said today that the COVID outbreak at the jail has now infected 13 people and the outbreak has been upgraded to "facility-wide" due to the further spread of the virus within the jail.
"No COVID-19 infections have resulted in serious illness requiring hospitalization," says the Health Unit in a news release.
Meanwhile, 72 per cent of adults now have at least one dose of vaccine and 15 per cent of adults are fully vaccinated.
See the current "variants of concern" graph below.
.png;w=960)
The Health Unit's variant of concern graph. By North Bay Parry Sound Health UnitThe Timiskaming Health Unit reports one active case.
The Sudbury Health Unit reports three new cases and 20 active cases.
The Simcoe Muskoka Health Unit reports nine new cases today and 135 active cases.
