Algoma Public Health is reporting 6 (six) new cases of COVID-19. Through contact tracing, Algoma Public Health notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by Algoma Public Health, you are not considered a close contact.<\/p>\n
Last night, New Year’s Eve, Algoma Public Health declared an outbreak at Extendicare Maple View, following confirmation of COVID-19 in two staff members. These two cases are part of the five that had been declared a short time earlier.<\/p>\n
Details of cases 71-76: <\/p>\n Unknown exposure<\/strong> means the person did not have recent international travel or close contact with a known confirmed case.\u00a0 How the person acquired the virus is not known.<\/p>\n Close contact<\/strong> means the person acquired their infection through close contact with a known confirmed case.\u00a0 For example, living together with a case, or spending more than 15 minutes with a case while less than 2 metres apart; are considered high-risk close contact exposures.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Confirmed cases reported in last 14 days.<\/strong><\/td>\n Confirmed cases reported in last 14 days.<\/strong><\/td>\n Confirmed cases reported in last 14 days.<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Algoma Public Health is reporting 6 (six) new cases of COVID-19. Through contact tracing, Algoma Public Health notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by Algoma Public …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 06:13:11","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\/40721","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=40721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40724,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40721\/revisions\/40724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\n Case
\nNumber<\/strong><\/td>\nExposure
\nCategory<\/strong><\/td>\nStatus<\/strong><\/td>\n Tested<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Case #71<\/td>\n Unknown<\/td>\n Self-isolating<\/td>\n Dec 29, 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Case #72<\/td>\n Unknown<\/td>\n Self-isolating<\/td>\n Dec 27, 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Case #73<\/td>\n Close contact<\/td>\n Self-isolating<\/td>\n Jan 1, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Case #74<\/td>\n Close contact<\/td>\n Self-isolating<\/td>\n Jan 1, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Case #75<\/td>\n Close contact<\/td>\n Self-isolating<\/td>\n Jan 1, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Case #76<\/td>\n Close contact<\/td>\n Self-isolating<\/td>\n Jan 1, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n \n\n
\n Tested
\n<\/strong><\/td>\nConfirmed
\ncases
\n<\/strong><\/td>\nActive
\ncases<\/strong><\/td>\nResolved
\ncases
\n<\/strong><\/td>\nDeceased<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 71,731<\/strong><\/td>\n 76<\/strong><\/td>\n 14 ()*\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n 62<\/strong><\/td>\n 0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Updated: January 1, 2021, 7:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n
\n Algoma Region<\/td>\n Any residents who have tested positive for COVID-19?<\/strong><\/p>\n Any evidence of local community spread?
\n<\/strong>(since August 2020 –
\nAlgoma’s second wave)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n Central & East Algoma<\/td>\n Yes (less than 5)<\/p>\n Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Elliot Lake & Area<\/td>\n Yes (less than 5)<\/td>\n Possible\/Likely:<\/strong>
\nevidence of community\u00a0 spread is present in other areas of Algoma and in neighbouring public health units<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n North Algoma<\/td>\n No<\/td>\n Possible\/Likely:<\/strong>
\nevidence of community\u00a0 spread is present in other areas of Algoma and in neighbouring public health units<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n \u00a0Sault Ste. Marie &\u00a0 Area<\/td>\n Yes (70)<\/p>\n Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \u00a0 Updated: January 1, 2021 7:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n