Editor's Note: The Porcupine Health Unit has announced an additional 10 cases, for a total of 34 today, and declared a new outbreak. More details are available here.
The Porcupine Health Unit is reporting 24 new COVID-19 cases today.
Of the new cases, 23 people are in Timmins and one person is in the area of Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Smooth Rock Falls.
The exposure of 16 cases is under investigation, seven people are the contacts of a case and one is related to an outbreak, according to the health unit.
To date, there have been 846 confirmed cases of the virus in the region. As both yesterday, at least 619 are recovered and 26 people have died.
There are COVID-19 assessment centres in Timmins, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Matheson, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Hearst, and Hornepayne, as well as communities on the James Bay coast.
The Porcupine Health Unit COVID-19 information line can be reached at 705-360-4819 or 1-800-461-1818.
People ages 18 years and up are eligible for a vaccine in the region. Register for an upcoming clinic here. Select pharmacies are also delivering the vaccine. Find a list of those and book an appointment here.
There is a provincial shutdown and stay-at-home order in effect in until at least June 2.
