{"id":40554,"date":"2020-12-24T17:24:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T22:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=40554"},"modified":"2020-12-24T17:25:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T22:25:01","slug":"aph-records-covid-19-case-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/24\/aph-records-covid-19-case-64\/","title":{"rendered":"APH Records COVID-19 Case #64"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algoma Public Health has reported a new case of COVID-19 in the Algoma District, Case #64. This case of COVID-19 is of the unknown exposure, and is self-isolating. APH notifies all close contacts directly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details of the confirmed case:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Case<br \/>\nNumber<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Exposure<br \/>\nCategory<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Status<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Tested<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Case #64<\/td>\n<td>Unknown<\/td>\n<td>Self-Isolating<\/td>\n<td>December 21, 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><strong>Important Information<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\">\n<ul>\n<li>View <a href=\"http:\/\/www.algomapublichealth.com\/disease-and-illness\/infectious-diseases\/novel-coronavirus\/#algoma\">current situation in Algoma<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.algomapublichealth.com\/disease-and-illness\/infectious-diseases\/novel-coronavirus\/current-status-covid-19\/\">updated status of cases in Algoma<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Algoma regions with COVID-19 cases reported in the past 14 days include:\n<ul>\n<li>Central and East Algoma<\/li>\n<li>Sault Ste. Marie and area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Algoma Cases by Area of\u00a0Residence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Region<\/td>\n<td><strong>Recent COVID-19 cases<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Public health measures<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Algoma<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Confirmed cases reported in last 14 days.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"5\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Protect yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid close contact with people who are not a part of your immediate household. The fewer close contacts you have, the less risk of exposure.<\/li>\n<li>Stay at least 2 metres or 6 feet apart from other people at all times.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid non-essential travel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<p><strong>Protect others<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay home if you are sick, even with mild symptoms.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/covid-19.ontario.ca\/school-screening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Screen your children for symptoms every day before school<\/a>\u00a0and keep them home if sick.<\/li>\n<li>Wear a mask or face covering in all indoor public places.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Central and<br \/>\nEast Algoma\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Confirmed cases reported in last 14 days.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>\u00a0Elliot Lake<br \/>\nand area<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>No\u00a0confirmed cases reported in last 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>Cases have been reported in neighbouring public health regions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>North Algoma<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>No\u00a0confirmed cases reported in last 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>Cases have been reported in neighbouring public health regions.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>Sault Ste. Marie<br \/>\nand area<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Confirmed cases reported in last 14 days.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0 Updated: December 24, 2020 1:45 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Algoma Region<\/td>\n<td><strong>Any residents who have tested positive for COVID-19?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Any evidence of local community spread?<br \/>\n<\/strong>(since August 2020 &#8211;<br \/>\nAlgoma&#8217;s second wave)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Central &amp; East Algoma<\/td>\n<td>Yes (less than 5)<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Elliot Lake &amp; Area<\/td>\n<td>Yes (less than 5)<\/td>\n<td><strong>Possible\/Likely:<\/strong><br \/>\nevidence of community\u00a0 spread is present in other areas of Algoma and in neighbouring public health units<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Algoma<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td><strong>Possible\/Likely:<\/strong><br \/>\nevidence of community\u00a0 spread is present in other areas of Algoma and in neighbouring public health units<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Sault Ste. Marie &amp;\u00a0 Area<\/td>\n<td>Yes (58)<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0 Updated: December 24, 2020 1:45 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><br \/>\nDec 24, 2020: We&#8217;ve made a small change in the process we use to classify the region for a case to be more consistent with the classification system used for the lab tests database. This slightly adjusted the distribution of past resolved cases.<\/p>\n<p>Note:\u00a0The following describes the municipalities and First Nation communities included in each Algoma sub-region.\u00a0 This is not an exhaustive listing of geographic places within Algoma.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Central &amp; East Algoma includes:\u00a0Blind River, Bruce Mines, Hilton, Hilton Beach, Huron Shores, Jocelyn, Johnson, Mississauga First Nation, Plummer Additional, St. Joseph, Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional, The North Shore, Thessalon, Thessalon First Nation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Elliot Lake &amp; Area includes:\u00a0Elliot Lake, Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, Serpent River First Nation, Spanish<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>North Algoma includes:\u00a0Dubreuilville, Michipicoten First Nation, Missinabie Cree First Nation, Wawa, White River<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sault Ste. Marie &amp; Area includes:\u00a0Batchewana First Nation, Garden River First Nation, Laird, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Prince, Sault Ste. Marie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algoma Public Health has reported a new case of COVID-19 in the Algoma District, Case #64. This case of COVID-19 is of the unknown exposure, and is self-isolating. APH notifies all close contacts directly. Details of the confirmed case: Case Number Exposure Category Status Tested Case #64 Unknown Self-Isolating December 21, 2020 Important Information View &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 19:02:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40555,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40554\/revisions\/40555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}