March 11, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is announcing that the outbreak at the Thunder Bay District Jail in Thunder Bay is now over.

March 11, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 46 (forty-six) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 423.

March 10, 2021 - Due to the significant number of cases of COVID-19 in Thunder Bay, the Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janet DeMille, is directing schools in the City of Thunder Bay and surrounding areas to extend the suspension of in-person learning until March 29, 2021. The need for further extension will be considered closer to that time. This direction was communicated to the school boards through a Letter of Instruction, issued under regulations of the Reopening of Ontario Act, 2020.

March 10, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 46 (forty-six) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 414.

March 9, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 58 (fifty-eight) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 458.

March 8, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and Schoolhouse Playcare Centre (Ecole Elsie MacGill School location) confirm that an outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at the facility in Thunder Bay.

Consistent with provincial guidelines, an outbreak is declared in a child care centre when there are two or more COVID-19 cases that can be linked within the setting. At this time, one additional individual associated with the child care centre has tested positive for COVID-19. This individual is deemed to have acquired the infection in the facility.

March 8, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 30 (thirty) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 462.

March 7, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and Nanabijou Childcare Centre confirm that an outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at the facility in Thunder Bay. 

March 7, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 111 (one-hundred eleven) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 470.

March 6, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and Lakehead Public Schools confirm that the outbreak of COVID-19 at Westgate CVI School in Thunder Bay is now over.

The period of heightened surveillance due to the recent cases at Westgate CVI is considered over. No additional cases of COVID-19 have been identified and there is no evidence of additional spread within the school setting.

For additional information about COVID-19 and the TBDHU area, please see the TBDHU Website.