The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is currently dealing with four active COVID-19 outbreaks and one respiratory outbreak.
Hogarth Riverview Manor has a COVID-19 outbreak on the 6th and 7th floors and an unidentified respiratory outbreak in the 5 South Orchid Resident Home Area.
Pioneer Ridge is dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak in Home Area 3, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center has an outbreak in the first-floor Oncology Inpatient Unit, and Wilson Memorial General Hospital in Marathon has an outbreak in Chronic Care.
Outbreaks are declared at a facility when there is a higher-than-average rate of respiratory symptoms among the residents.