Thunder Bay district passes milestone with new cases
The Thunder Bay District has now recorded more COVID-19 cases so far in 2021 than in all of 2020, passing the milestone after 13 new cases were reported Sunday.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has now confirmed 590 cases in just over six weeks in 2021, compared to 585 throughout last year.
Over one third of this year’s cases are associated with outbreaks at the Thunder Bay District Jail and Thunder Bay Correctional Centre.
The health unit announced 13 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Sunday, all in Thunder Bay and the surrounding areas.
Ten of the new cases were a result of close contact with a previously identified case, one had no known exposure, and an exposure category for two others was pending.
There were four people in hospital with the virus Sunday, an increase of two. One of those was in the Intensive Care Unit.
The number of active cases rose to 152, its highest level since Jan. 9.
That represented an increase of nine from Saturday, thanks to four newly resolved cases.
The district had reported a total of 1,175 cases as of Sunday, with 996 resolved, 152 active, and 27 deaths attributed to the virus.
As of Friday, none of the three COVID-19 variants of concern tracked by Ontario government had been detected in the district.
The only northern health unit to report cases of the variants so far is Public Health Sudbury & Districts, where three cases of the B.1.1.7 variant have been detected.
Ontario reported 981 cases of COVID-19 Sunday, marking the ninth straight day under 1,500 cases. – tbnewswatch
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Ahhhhh…the lockdowns are doing their thing.
Lockdowns don’t work. There is no scientific evidence that locking down a city makes any difference in the spread of a virus.
Of course, our elected officials and their health ‘expert’ overlords will never admit they have been wrong all along. They will never admit that they destroyed the country’s economy for no reason at all. They will blame us, the public, for not trying hard enough. Its always OUR fault. Never THEIR fault.
Maybe the health ‘experts’ should tell everyone to stand on one leg. If everyone will stand on leg, the virus will go away. If the virus does not go away, the ‘experts’ will claim that not enough people were standing on one leg. It is OUR fault that virus spread is not slowing down. The fact that standing on one leg will never affect the virus spread and is a stupid idea never enters the conversation….because they are the ‘experts’.
I am always told to “trust the science”. So where is the science?
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jails are the cause of high numbers, remove their stats and lockdowns are working, all over the country numbers dropping so how can you say they aren’t working? Don’t use a tiny full jail town for your stats..might as well use Ignace then..no deaths no cases, that means lockdown there works 100%. Ontario numbers way down…see lockdowns do work.
Tam takes aim at COVID-19 ‘infodemic,’ urges vigilance over misleading online content.. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/theresa-tam-covid-19-infodemic-1.5914178
Orwell’s novel 1984 has a Ministry of Truth. Expect to see such a department in every government soon.
https://reason.com/2021/02/03/no-biden-cant-save-us-with-a-reality-czar-also-wtf/
mmmmm….yes lockdowns DO work…..the proof…. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-logs-fewer-than-900-new-covid-19-cases-lowest-single-day-tally-since-last-october-1.5312390
mmmm….my post from few days ago not here, do I smell CENSORSHIP?
Nope. Every comment from you that I have has been approved.
Toronto infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch says the drop in cases can be attributed to many things, but especially Canadians’ good behaviour – including abiding by lockdown rules.
“No one likes lockdowns, they’re terrible and devastating, but they work,” Bogoch said on CTV’s Your Morning Thursday. “If you have a lot of cases in an area with a lot of people and you lock it down you are going to see cases go down and we see this time and time again.” ….proof…..https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/what-s-behind-the-drop-in-covid-19-cases-in-canada-and-other-parts-of-the-world-1.5313940 ….now censor me Twitter…FB…Google…OB…
Prove it. Just because he says so, does not make it true. Its just his opinion.
Its just his opinion. Show me the scientific study, that proves his opinion. There is none that I know of.
The fact that the numbers have gone down could be attributed to many things. One that I like is that the Christmas/New Years/Holiday wave has petered out. Makes as much sense as anything.
Follow the science? Where is the science? I don’t see any science here. Just opinions. When numbers go down, its because of lockdowns. When numbers go up its because people are not locking down hard enough. For some reason, these medical experts are never wrong. Its always our fault.
Wow…..he is a doctor ..putting his career on the line….really..that’s your opinion? Wow… Numbers go up because people are me me selfish…go down because of fines and strict lockdowns. WOW….Okay walk around town with no mask for a month and see what happens to you…good experiment…and not just on lakeshore try going into eateries…stores etc…see if people care.
He is also a person who supports lockdowns. Confirmation bias. As I said before, health ‘experts’ never admit when they are wrong.
The problem with giving lockdowns credit for lower case numbers is that there are places where lockdowns were less strict. Businesses were open. Their case numbers were no different that places that had lockdowns. Florida, California for example.
I posted about Disneyland versus Disney World.
If lockdowns were that effective, then there should be a huge difference in case numbers, but there isn’t.
Toronto has been in lockdown since last November. Still not out of it.
Thunder Bay has been in lockdown since Christmas. Our numbers continue to go up. Where are the majority of cases here? Not in restaurants. Not in bars. Not in coffee shops. Not in theaters. Not in small businesses.
this country is dying….. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justice-reform-drug-treatment-criminal-code-1.5917710
Tbay numbers up because of jails and shelter houses. So if businesses were opened a bit the number covid cases wouldn’t rise…according to you.? Please, all the “not in’s” you mentioned above would be breeding grounds for sure. Toronto numbers have dropped…did you miss that?