No new COVID-19 cases have been reported by the Porcupine Health Unit yet today.
Since Sunday, 25 cases have been confirmed in the region.
To date, there have been 392 cases in the health unit area. Of those, 335 are recovered and 25 people have died. There are 32 known active cases — 23 in Timmins and nine in the area of Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Smooth Rock Falls.
An outbreak was declared within staff at the Township of Blackriver-Matheson yesterday. Wednesday, Black River-Matheson declared an emergency due to a high-risk exposure for staff.
Mayor Gilles Laderoute told TimminsToday that the whole public works department is affected. There are temporary changes to services. Find out those details here.
Public Health Ontario reported 4,227 new cases of COVID-19 today (April 9). This is the second-highest number of cases reported in a single day by the province. On Jan. 8, the daily report included 4,249 cases, but that report noted some of the cases were added as a result of a data catch-up by Toronto Public Health and were not all new cases.
Operation Remote Immunity in the James Bay region is finished, according to the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA). The initiative was launched on Feb. 1 to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to Moosonee and 31 remote fly-in First Nation communities in Northern Ontario. More details are available here.
The trends across the province and the Porcupine Health Unit (PHU) region in regards to the rising number of COVID-19 cases are concerning and alarming for Porcupine Health Unit medical officer of health Dr. Lianne Catton. Read the full story here.
Outdoor instruction when possible and an expansion of asymptomatic testing are among the new measures the provincial government is implementing at Ontario's schools in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. More details are available here.
There are COVID-19 assessment centres in Timmins, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Hearst, and Hornepayne.
The Porcupine Health Unit COVID-19 information line can be reached at 705-360-4819 or 1-800-461-1818.
People eligible for a vaccine can register for upcoming clinics in the region here. Select pharmacies are also delivering the vaccine. Find a list of those and book an appointment here.
