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Current Status (COVID-19)
To protect the identity of individuals and to comply with privacy law, Algoma Public Health does not disclose the municipality where a person lives in combination with other personal information. Where there are important exposures identified that affect the general public, Algoma Public Health provides time and location details of possible exposures.
On This Page:
- Status of Cases in Algoma
- Weekly Case Count
- Outbreak Activity
- Weekly Incidence
- Weekly Percent Positivity
- COVID-19 Testing Volumes in Algoma
- Algoma Cases by Area of Residence
- COVID-19 Activity in Northern Ontario
- COVID-19 Activity in Northern Michigan
Tested (1) | Confirmed cases (2) |
Active cases |
Currently hospitalized |
Resolved cases (3) |
Deceased |
121, 912 | 273 | 45(1)* | 1(1)* | 228 | 4 |
Updated: April 12, 2021, 6:15 pm |
(1) That Algoma Public Health is aware of.
(2) Algoma residents who have confirmed COVID-19 infection.
*The number in brackets are active cases in non-Algoma residents who are temporarily in Algoma. These cases are not counted as part of Algoma’s confirmed case count. APH conducts contact tracing and monitoring of self-isolation for all cases within Algoma.
(3) Patient tested positive but is resolved according to current public health criteria. This number includes any persons who are deceased.
- These data sets are preliminary and subject to change, pending further review.
- Confirmed positives will be reported as soon as publicly available.
Episode date is intended to approximate symptom onset date. It is calculated based on the date of symptom onset, specimen collection/test date, or the date reported to public health.
- To view epidemiologic trends and case break down by demographic factors such as age and sex, visit Public Health Ontario’s COVID-19 Data Tool. This tool allows you to view COVID-19 data for Ontario overall, as well as for an individual public health unit.
- The province of Ontario also publishes a daily epidemiologic summary report, accessible here, which provides provincial and regional data on confirmed cases, demographics and trends of cases since the outbreak began including geography, exposure and severity.
Confirmed institutional outbreaks | Active | Resolved |
6 | 1 | 5 |
Updated: April 11, 2021 |
Complete list of outbreak activity in Algoma.
COVID-19 Testing Volumes in Algoma
Algoma Overall
Sault Ste. Marie and area
Elliot Lake and area
Central and East Algoma
North Algoma
Algoma Cases by Area of Residence
Region |
Recent COVID-19 cases | Presence of Variants of Concern (VOCs) | Public health measures |
Algoma |
Confirmed cases reported in last 14 days. | Yes |
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Central and East Algoma |
Confirmed cases reported in last 14 days. |
No |
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Elliot Lake and area |
No |
Yes |
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North Algoma | No | No | |
Sault Ste. Marie and area |
Confirmed cases reported in last 14 days. | Yes | |
Updated: April 12, 2021, 6:15 pm |
Algoma Region |
Any residents who have tested positive for COVID-19? | Any evidence of local community spread? (since August 2020 - Algoma's second wave) |
Central & East Algoma |
Yes (48) | Yes |
Elliot Lake & Area | Yes (17) | Yes |
North Algoma | Yes (less than 5) | No |
Sault Ste. Marie & Area | Yes (205) | Yes |
Updated: April 12, 2021, 6:15 pm |
Note: The following describes the municipalities and First Nation communities included in each Algoma sub-region. This is not an exhaustive listing of geographic places within Algoma.
Central & East Algoma includes: Blind River, Bruce Mines, Hilton, Hilton Beach, Huron Shores, Jocelyn, Johnson, Mississauga First Nation, Plummer Additional, St. Joseph, Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional, The North Shore, Thessalon, Thessalon First Nation
Elliot Lake & Area includes: Elliot Lake, Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, Serpent River First Nation, Spanish
North Algoma includes: Dubreuilville, Michipicoten First Nation, Missinabie Cree First Nation, Wawa, White River
Sault Ste. Marie & Area includes: Batchewana First Nation, Garden River First Nation, Laird, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Prince, Sault Ste. Marie
COVID-19 Activity in Northern Ontario
Region |
Rate of Cases per Week* |
Algoma Public Health | 18.4 |
North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit | 8.5 |
Public Health Sudbury and Districts | 76.9 |
Timiskaming Health Unit | 6.1 |
Porcupine Health Unit | 24.0 |
Thunder Bay District Health Unit | 28.0 |
Northwestern Health Unit | 31.9 |
Week of: April 1 - April 7, 2021 |
*only includes confirmed cases
For more up-to-date information about COVID-19 activity in Ontario, visit Public Health Ontario's COVID-19 data tool or read the daily epidemiological summary for Ontario.
Avoiding non-essential travel is the best way to reduce the risk of exposure. For essential travel, use this checklist to help you plan to be safe while you are away and when you return home.
COVID-19 Activity in Northern Michigan
Region |
Rate of Cases per Week* |
Upper Peninsula |
55.7 |
Chippewa County | 34.8 |
Mackinaw County | 27.8 |
Week of: April 1 - April 7, 2021 |
*only includes confirmed cases
For detailed up-to-date information about COVID-19 activity in Michigan, visit the State of Michigan's COVID-19 data webpage.