March 6, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 40 (forty) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 386.

March 5, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and The Walford Thunder Bay confirm that an outbreak has been declared at the retirement home, in Thunder Bay.

March 5, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and Lakehead Public Schools confirm that an outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at Sherbrooke Public School in Thunder Bay.

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

March 5, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 48 (forty-eight) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 389.

March 5, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and The City of Thunder Bay announce that the outbreak at Pioneer Ridge Long-Term Care Home, Area 4, in Thunder Bay is now over.

Prior to the outbreak, significant measures were already in place at Pioneer Ridge to reduce likelihood of transmission of the virus within the facility. Expanded precautions were implemented for the duration of the outbreak.

The facility was part of the initial roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination program for Long-Term Care Homes.

March 4, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and Wequedong Lodge of Thunder Bay announce that the outbreak at the facility in Thunder Bay is now over.

Initially and throughout the outbreak, Wequedong Lodge worked collaboratively with TBDHU to complete a throughout assessment and to ensure that all necessary measures, including enhanced surveillance and infection prevention and control measures were in place to limit and stop any ongoing spread in the facility.

March 4, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 61 (sixty-one) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 397.

March 3, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and St. Joseph’s Care Group announce that the outbreak at Bethammi Nursing Home, in Thunder Bay is now over.

Prior to the outbreak, significant measures were already in place at Bethammi Nursing Home to reduce likelihood of transmission of the virus within the facility. Expanded precautions were implemented for the duration of the outbreak.

Bethammi Nursing Home participated in the initial roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination program for Long-Term Care Homes.

March 3, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and St. Joseph’s Care Group confirm that an outbreak has been declared at Hogarth Riverview Manor’s (HRM), Birch/Spruce Grove Resident Home Area, in Thunder Bay.

March 3, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and Newmont Corporation announce that the outbreak at Musselwhite Mine located 480 kilometers north of Thunder Bay is now over.

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

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