For the second straight day, new COVID-19 cases are being reported in the Hearst, Hornepayne area.
Tonight, the Porcupine Health Unit confirmed seven new cases of the virus in Hearst, Hornepayne. All the people are contacts of a case and in self-isolation.
Since yesterday, nine cases have been reported in that area.
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 177 COVID-19 cases in the health unit region. Of those, 146 are recovered and nine people have died. There are 22 known active cases — seven in Timmins, nine in Hearst, Hornepayne, and six in the Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, Fauquier-Strickland area.
The Porcupine Health Unit COVID-19 information line can be reached at 705-267-1181 or 1-800-461-1818.
There are COVID-19 assessment centres in Timmins, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Hearst, and Hornepayne.
