The province has activated the Emergency Break to put the Thunder Bay District Health Unit region back in lockdown amid rising COVID-19 cases.
The measures are set to kick in at 12:01am Monday.
The numeric breakdown
- 349 – the active case count with 60 new cases on Friday
- 316 new cases in the last seven days with 135 cases have been resolved
- Three deaths from Wednesday through Friday
Supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience stores and other grocery retailers can operate at 50 per cent capacity while other retailers can operate at 25 per cent capacity.
The surge in cases wasn’t lost on Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Williams, who expressed concern Thursday about the numbers, which are higher per 100,000 than the city of Toronto.
Local officials also expressed concern that some in the community weren’t COVID-19 guidelines.
The municipality earlier in the week expressed that talks are ongoing but the official process to set up a field hospital and call in military help is an option when all others have been exhausted.
There is no change to the Northwestern Health Unit catchment area’s colour in the Province’s COVID-19 Response Framework, as the region stays in Yellow-Protect.
