Algoma Public Health is reporting 64 new cases of COVID-19

Wed, Dec 29, 2021

 

We are reporting 64 new cases of COVID-19:

• 58 - Sault Ste. Marie & area
• 3 - Central & East Algoma
• 1 - Elliot Lake & Area
• 2 - North Algoma

There are currently 307 active cases.

• View the updated status of cases in Algoma.
• Learn more about confirmed cases by exposure

 

Omicron 

 
The COVID-19 variant of concern, omicron, has been detected in positive cases of COVID-19 in the health unit region as listed on our website. Omicron is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Ontario, which was expected based on provincial modeling.

 

We continue to monitor the number of cases determined to be Omicron to determine if and when it is the dominant strain of COVID-19 in our region, similar to our approach to reporting of the presence of the delta variant.

 

To mitigate transmission of Omicron and severe health outcomes from COVID-19, case and contact management in Ontario has shifted to treat all cases of COVID-19 as suspect Omicron.

 

Learn more:

• Learn more about COVID-19 in Algoma.
• Learn more about vaccination clinics
• Visit Ontario’s website to learn more about the province’s response to COVID-19.