Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP signs letter asking governments to expedite approvals, increase access, along with other MPs and doctors.

Active case count rises to 86 in the Northwestern Health Unit, with most new cases Sunday in the Fort Frances area.

Northwestern Health Unit reports 12 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, with the active case count rising to 80.

Three additional cases of variants of concern confirmed as active case count rises for third straight day.

Province eases rules on LTC resident admission, allows vaccinated staff to work at multiple facilities in bid to ease pressure on hospitals amid record COVID-19 ICU numbers.

Active cases grow to 68, an increase of 14 over two days, in Northwestern Health Unit.

Active cases rise to highest level in over a week as Thunder Bay District Health Unit reports 10 new COVID-19 cases.

Gathering restrictions and COVID protocols mean the May 1 and May 2 event will not be allowed to go ahead as an in-person event.

The supply of COVID-19 vaccines to the district is expected to go down but Dr. Janet DeMille said we are still receiving a fairly significant amount and reallocating doses to hotspot areas still benefits Northern Ontario.

The death toll from the virus in the district has reached 61.