Algoma Public Health
PSA: 27 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (#988 - #1,014)
Fri, Nov 26, 2021
We are reporting twenty-seven new cases COVID-19 (#988 - #1,014):
- 25 - Sault Ste. Marie & Area
- 2 - Central & East Algoma
NOTE: Due to increasing rates of COVID-19 in Algoma, we are receiving assistance from case and contact managers who may be from the provincial workforce or a partner health unit. If you are a case or a high-risk contact, you may receive a call from a case/contact manager from outside of Algoma Public Health.
Details of the confirmed cases:
| Case Number |
Exposure Category |
Status | Tested |
| Case #988 | Close contact | Self-isolating | November 25, 2021 |
| Case #989 | Close contact | Self-isolating | November 25, 2021 |
| Case #990 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #991 | Close Contact | Self-isolating | November 23, 2021 |
| Case #992 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #993 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #994 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #995 | Unknown | Self-isolating | November 23, 2021 |
| Case #996 | Close Contact | Self-isolating | November 26, 2021 |
| Case #997 | Close Contact | Self-isolating | November 25, 2021 |
| Case #998 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #999 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #1,000 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #1,001 | Close Contact | Self-isolating | November 25, 2021 |
| Case #1,002 | Close Contact | Under Investigation | November 25, 2021 |
| Case #1,003 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #1,004 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #1,005 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #1,006 | Close contact | Self-isolating | November 25, 2021 |
| Case #1,007 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | Under Investigation |
| Case #1,008 | Unknown | Self-isolating | November 25, 2021 |
| Case #1,009 | Close Contact | Self-isolating | November 25, 2021 |
| Case #1,010 | Close Contact | Self-isolating | November 25, 2021 |
| Case #1,011 | Close Contact | Self-isolating | November 25, 2021 |
| Case #1,012 | Close Contact | Under Investigation | November 26, 2021 |
| Case #1,013 | Under Investigation | Under Investigation | November 26, 2021 |
| Case #1,014 | Unknown | Self-isolating | November 26, 2021 |
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Unknown exposure means the person did not have recent international travel or close contact with a known confirmed case. How the person acquired the virus is not known.
Close contact means the person acquired their infection through close contact with a known confirmed case. For example, living together with a case, or spending more than 15 minutes with a case while less than 2 metres apart, are considered high risk close contact exposures.
International travel means the person acquired their infection from travel outside of Canada.
Critical Actions:
Due to ongoing extremely high COVID-19 activity in Algoma, and especially in the municipality of Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma Public Health is taking further action to curb the spread of the virus, prevent severe illness and death in our communities, and protect health system capacity.
Learn more:
- View our webpage with updated status of cases in Algoma.
- Learn more about COVID-19 in Algoma.
- Visit Ontario’s website to learn more about the province’s response to COVID-19.