THUNDER BAY – Ontario reported 4,456 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Sunday, setting a new daily record.
A provincial third wave that health experts are warning could overwhelm ICUs appears not to have reached Thunder Bay. The province reported seven new cases in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit on Sunday, continuing a weeks-long trend of declining daily cases.
The health unit itself announced Saturday it would no longer report new daily numbers on Sundays, instead combining them in Mondays’ reports. The province warns its daily counts may be arrived at differently than those from local health units.
The province also reported 88 cases active in the TBDHU, which would mark a decline of 10 from numbers reported by the health unit Saturday.
There were 13 district residents in hospital with the virus as of Saturday, according to the health unit, with five of those in the ICU.
There were 593 COVID-positive patients receiving critical care in Ontario ICUs as of Sunday, according to Critical Care Services Ontario.
