Three new COVID-19 cases and one recovery are being reported by the Porcupine Health Unit today (Dec. 14).
Two of the cases are in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Smooth Rock Falls area, and one person is in Hearst/Hornepayne.
To date, there have been 2,318 cases of the virus in the region. Of those, 2,251 are recovered and 31 people have died. There are 36 known active cases in the region — one in Timmins, 23 people in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Smooth Rock Falls area, and seven in the area of Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam and Fauquier-Strickland.
The number of active and resolved cases has changed today due to data clearing and cases that have been reassigned to the local health unit.
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.
