A staff member at Shoppers Drug Mart in the Cambrian Mall has tested positive for COVID-19, according to parent company Loblaw Companies Limited.
A section on the Loblaws website states a team member with the 44 Great Northern Rd. Shoppers Drug Mart location in Sault Ste. Marie tested positive on a presumptive case for COVID-19. The company says the team member last worked on Sunday.
Currently, there are 92 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Algoma region, 64 of which have been resolved, and 28 active cases among Algoma residents. There is also one active case in a non-Algoma resident currently in the area.
Out of the 92 cases 85 of them have been confirmed in Sault Ste. Marie and area.
Meanwhile, in Sault Michigan, Chippewa County Health Department has confirmed 1,440 positive cases in the region and 14 deaths. As of Jan. 1, seven people are hospitalized with COVID-19 and 921 cases have recovered.
