APH reports 62 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, active cases continue to decline

Algoma Public Health (APH) reported 62 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 for Thursday as the number of active cases continued to decline with an additional 105 cases resolved. New cases continue to be confirmed from all areas across the Algoma District.

Additionally, the number of hospitalized cases increased by a single case, bringing that total to 10 with one of those cases from outside our health region.

New cases broken down by region are as follows:

• 45 from Sault Ste. Marie and Area
• 4 from Elliot Lake and Area
• 6 from Central and East Algoma
• 7 from North Algoma

Status of Cases in Algoma

	Current	Previous	Change from previous report
Confirmed cases	2,863	2,774	62
Active cases	593	636	-43
Currently hospitalized	9(1)	8(1)	1
Resolved	2,243	2,138	105
Deceased	21	21	0
Tested	220,719	219,689	1030
Updated: January 13, 2022, 3:30 PM

• View the updated status of cases in Algoma.
• Learn more about confirmed cases by exposure.

Confirmed Cases by Exposure Type

Type of Exposure	Current	Previous	Change from previous report
Close contact of a confirmed case	1,107	1,081	26
Outbreak related	249	235	14
Under Investigation	319	414	-95
Unknown Source of Infection	1161	1044	117
Updated:  January 13, 2022, 3:30 PM

Stop The Spread

In order to slow the spread of COVID-19, please continue to follow all Algoma-wide mandatory public health measures in place:

1. Anyone who is sick, even with mild symptoms, must stay home and isolate away from others – regardless of whether you have received the COVID-19 vaccine.
2. Cut back on unnecessary activities where you have unmasked, face-to-face close contact with people you don’t live with. Limit the size and number of social gatherings you have. Do this even if you have had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and especially if you have vulnerable health conditions or are not immunized.
3. Get your COVID-19 vaccine.

Omicron

The COVID-19 variant of concern, omicron, has been detected in positive cases of COVID-19 in the health unit region as listed on our website. Omicron is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Ontario, which was expected based on provincial modeling.

We continue to monitor the number of cases determined to be Omicron to determine if and when it is the dominant strain of COVID-19 in our region, similar to our approach to reporting of the presence of the delta variant.

To mitigate transmission of Omicron and severe health outcomes from COVID-19, case and contact management in Ontario has shifted to treat all cases of COVID-19 as suspect Omicron.