The Porcupine Health Unit is reporting one new confirmed COVID-19 case in its region,
A Timmins boy between the ages of 10 and 19 has tested positive. He is a contact of a confirmed case and was tested May 5. He is at home in self-isolation.
There have been 63 confirmed cases of the virus in the health unit's region. Of those, 48 are resolved and four people have died.
The health unit is aware of 2,589 tests being done locally, which is an increase of 113 from the last report. There are 334 cases under investigation.
As of yesterday, 678 staff and residents in local long-term care homes had also been tested. Those numbers are not included in the daily tally of tests done locally.
For the local cases, 40 have been in Timmins. Of those, 27 cases are resolved and three people have died. There have been 22 cases in the area of Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls. Of those, 20 are resolved and one person has died. There has been one case in the area of Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, and Fauquier-Strickland and it is resolved.
There are COVID-19 Assessment centres in Timmins, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Hearst and Hornepayne. They are by appointment only and you must be referred by your primary healthcare provider or the health unit.
The PHU COVID-19 hotline is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It can be reached at 705-267-1181 or 1-800-461-1818.
The health unit is doing expanded testing on people with milder symptoms for a limited time.
The expanded list of symptoms includes cough, fever, and difficulty breathing as well as sore throat/hoarse voice, difficulty swallowing, loss of smell or taste, fatigue, muscle aches, runny nose, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and nausea or vomiting.
