THUNDER BAY – The Thunder Bay District Health Unit reported 20 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, the lowest daily figure in over a month.
With 37 previous cases declared resolved, the district’s active case count fell for the fourth straight day, to 362 – its lowest level since Feb. 28. Active cases had hit an all-time high of 470 two weeks earlier, on March 7.
Of the new cases, 17 involved Thunder Bay area residents, while three were in unspecified district communities.
Three cases were linked to household contact, nine to other close contact, five had no known exposure, and an exposure category was still pending for two others. A final case was related to an ongoing outbreak at the Walford retirement home.
The number of district residents in hospital fell to 35, a decline of 10. Of those, 12 were in the Intensive Care Unit.
The health unit reported a testing positivity rate of 7.1 per cent on 4,844 tests for the most recent reported period of March 7 to 13 (testing numbers were still marked as incomplete for some of the days in that period).
The health unit has reported a total of 2,623 cases since the pandemic began. Of those, 2,222 were considered resolved, 362 active, and 39 deaths are attributed to the virus.
