It's been nearly a month since the last postive COVID-19 test was reported in the Porcupine Health Unit region.
There have been 65 confirmed cases of the virus. Of those, 57 are resolved and seven people have died. There is one known active COVID-19 case in Timmins. It is a woman in her 90s who was identified in the Timmins and District Hospital outbreak, which has since been declared over.
The health unit is aware of 5,503 tests being done locally, which is an increase of 86 from yesterday's report. There are 307 tests under investigation.
The testing numbers for other Northeastern Ontario health units, according to their respective websites, are:
• Algoma Public Health - 7,934 tests as of June 5. There have been 21 positive tests, all of which are resolved, and no deaths. Results are pending for 650 tests.
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 7,732 tests as of June 5. There have been 29 positive tests, 27 of which are resolved, and one person has died. There is one person in hospital.
• Public Health Sudbury and District - 12,987 tests as of June 4. There have been 64 confirmed cases, with all being resolved. There have been two virus-related deaths. Results are pending for 1,135 tests.
• Timiskaming Health Unit - 2,311 tests as of June 5. There have been 18 positive tests, all of which are resolved. Results are pending for 45 tests.
For the local confirmed cases, 41 have been in Timmins. Of those, 35 cases are resolved and five people have died. There is one known active case in the city. There have been 23 cases in the area of Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls. Of those, 21 are resolved and two people have died. There has been one case in the area of Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, and Fauquier-Strickland and it is resolved.
Testing is open to anyone who feels they need to be tested, even if you don't have symptoms. To access testing, call your health care provider or the health unit.
There are COVID-19 assessment centres in Timmins, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Hearst and Hornepayne.
The PHU COVID-19 hotline is open weekends from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It can be reached at 705-267-1181 or 1-800-461-1818.
For people receiving testing, the health unit continues to remind people that it only tells you if you have COVID-19 at the time of the swab being taken. The result does not tell you if you've had the virus before, or that you won't be exposed to it after.
"Please continue with measures like physical distancing, wearing a face covering where physical distancing may be challenging, frequent handwashing and staying home when you are sick," reads the update.
