Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says COVID restrictions will be reintroduced region-by-region and most likely led by local medical officers of health.
Cases continue to climb in most parts of the province.
Sudbury’s top doctor has reintroduced capacity limits and other measures in response to a significant rise in cases.
The province’s current positivity rate stands at 2.5%, up from 1.8% a week ago.
The Science Table has predicted case counts would hover around 500 per day through November as contact between individuals increased.
The recent rise in case counts has caused the seven-day rolling average to hit 537 as of Friday, a notable increase from 404 a week ago.
Dr. Kit Young Hoon is the Medical Officer of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit and says there is no concern right now of rising COVID rates in our area.
“It’s hard to predict what’s going to happen for Northwestern Ontario. That’s why we are monitoring it. That’s why it’s really important for everyone to continue following public health measures. So, continue the masking indoors, physical distancing in appropriate settings, getting vaccinated.”
She stresses if your sick, stay home and get tested.
Dr. Young Hoon says, “One of the things that Northwestern Health Unit does is respond to those cases as soon as they can, follow-up with contacts, and that’s a key way of preventing spread from one case to more people and therefore have ongoing community spread and transmission.”
She stresses there is no evidence of community transmission in our area at this time.
Dr. Young Hoon says most of the recent cases are due to travel and the situation is currently “low risk.”
