THUNDER BAY – The COVID-19 case count continues to grow.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit on Thursday announced nine new cases, bringing the region’s total to 409 since March.
The exposure category in seven of the cases is listed as close contacts with other cases. One is travel-related and the other is no known exposures.
Five of the cases are in people younger than 20, four females and one male.
St. Martin Elementary School on Wednesday announced three more people associated with the school had been sent home, leading to three full cohorts being sent home.
The remainder of the cases are in people younger than 40.
All nine cases are self-isolating, six in Thunder Bay and surrounding communities and three in district communities.
An outbreak associated with the Barrick Hemlo gold mine near Marathon, Ont. Has resulted in at least a dozen cases in that community.
There are at present 119 active COVID-19 cases in the Thunder Bay District. Another 281 are considered resolved. There have been nine deaths, including seven at the Southbridge Roseview nursing home.