Algoma Public Health is reporting 97 new cases of COVID-19

Fri, Dec 31, 2021

 

We are reporting 97 new cases of COVID-19:

• 72 - Sault Ste. Marie & Area
• 14 - Central & East Algoma
• 4 - Elliot Lake & Area
• 7 – North Algoma

There are currently 480 active cases, 1,655 resolved and 2 hospitalized.

 

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

 

Stop The Spread

This holiday season, in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, please continue to follow all Algoma-wide mandatory public health measures in place:

1. Anyone who is sick, even with mild symptoms, must stay home and isolate away from others - regardless of whether you have received the COVID-19 vaccine.
2. Cut back on unnecessary activities where you have unmasked, face-to-face close contact with people you don't live with.  Limit the size and number of social gatherings you have. Do this even if you have had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and especially if you have vulnerable health conditions or are not immunized.
3. Get your COVID-19 vaccine.
   
   

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.