A dozen new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Thunder Bay district on Thursday
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A dozen new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Thunder Bay district on Thursday.
The new cases bring the number of active, confirmed cases in the district to 49, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) said.
Ten of Thursday's cases are due to close contact, while two remain under investigation, the TBDHU said.
Eight of the new cases are in Thunder Bay and surrounding areas, while four are in Indigenous communities.
The TBDHU didn't say whether any of Thursday's cases are connected with an ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 at St. Martin Elementary School.
TBDHU Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janet DeMille said Thursday on CBC Superior Morning, however, that the outbreak at St. Martin is "very significant."
DeMille said earlier this week that the outbreak at St. Martin involved 20 positive COVID-19 cases.
"There's still a lot of work that's happening right now with everybody who was ... advised to isolate," DeMille said. "That was a significant proportion, actually, of the student body at that school."
St. Martin has been closed to in-person learning, and testing is ongoing. DeMille said there's no indication of ongoing spread of COVID-19 within the school community.
"We may still pick up more cases and individuals who were exposed in the school last week and have been incubating the virus," she said, adding COVID-19 symptoms may not appear until seven to 10 days after exposure to the virus.
Another COVID-19 case was confirmed this week at St. Ann Elementary School in Thunder Bay.
Complicating things, DeMille said, is the fact that children can sometimes show "very minor" COVID-19 symptoms.
It's not uncommon, she said, to see cold-like symptoms spread among kids in school.
"This is really a reminder of the importance of screening," DeMille said.
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