January saw highest number of COVID-19 cases to date; NBPS Health Unit

The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit will remain in shutdown until February 16th and the Stay-at-Home Order will remain in effect.

However, the concerning uptick in cases and the outbreak declared yesterday means the health unit will be reevaluating closures on Tuesday.  

The health unit’s top doctor Jim Chirico said January saw the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the district to date. 

The district’s third case of a variant of concern was also confirmed on Tuesday with the Lancelot apartments community outbreak declared yesterday feared to be of the variant.  

Dr. Chirico says outdoor public skating rinks, skating and snowmobiling trails and tobogganing hills will remain closed because of the higher threat of transmission that comes with the variant.