Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Move will permit non-essential businesses to reopen, including gyms, restaurants and hair salons.

The new cases mark the highest single-day increase since Jan. 29.

School board, union in agreement that burnout factor is concerning for staff and students alike.

Two cases in same week are not linked, avoiding outbreak declaration, school board announces Friday.

Latest case not associated with a previous case, so an outbreak has not been declared at the south-side school.

The Thunder bay District Health Unit has issued a Section 22 order requiring individuals considered to be high-risk contacts released from the Thunder Bay District Jail to self-isolate, while also increasing testing and outreach to contain an outbreak in the homeless population.

Cases were acquired in the school, which has closed to in-person learning due to the outbreak

Move will allow health-care officials to ramp up vaccination capacity from just over 150 to about 500 per day, when the vaccination supply allows.

The move to postpone March Break is due to concerns of increased transmission of COVID-19 similar to what was seen during the winter break and the rise of COVID-19 variants in the province.

The announcement is expected from the provincial government on Friday what category the district will be in following the lifting of the lockdown on Feb. 16.