Algoma Public Health is reporting 11 new COVID-19 cases in the Algoma region, all in the Sault Ste. Marie area.
The new cases bring the number of active cases in the region to 57 as of 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Details on the latest confirmed cases follow:
- Case No. 530
- Exposure category: close contact
- Tested: Oct. 30, 2021
- Case No. 531
- Exposure category: close contact
- Tested: Oct. 30, 2021
- Case No. 532
- Exposure category: close contact
- Tested: Oct. 30, 2021
- Case No. 533
- Exposure category: close contact
- Tested: Oct. 30, 2021
- Case No. 534
- Exposure category: close contact
- Tested: Oct. 30, 2021
- Case No. 535
- Exposure category: unknown
- Tested: Oct. 30, 2021
- Case No. 536
- Exposure category: close contact
- Tested: Oct. 30, 2021
- Case No. 537
- Exposure category: close contact
- Tested: Oct. 30, 2021
- Case No. 538
- Exposure category: close contact
- Tested: Oct. 30, 2021
- Case No. 539
- Exposure category: close contact
- Tested: Oct. 31, 2021
- Case No. 540
- Exposure category: close contact
- Tested: Oct. 31, 2021
Close contact means the person was infected through close contact with a known confirmed case while unknown exposure means the individual did not have recent international travel or close contact with a known confirmed case.
All 11 individuals are currently self-isolating.
Regions in Algoma that have reported COVID cases in the past 14 days include the Sault Ste. Marie area as well as north Algoma.