APH says active cases of COVID-19 are down but hospitalizations are up

Algoma Public Health reports that, over the long weekend, there were two new hospitalizations and 192 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, though due to limits on who can be tested, those numbers may be an underestimation.

There are currently 397 active cases of COVID-19 in the region, down from 409 in the last report, and 204 cases have been resolved.

APH reports 29 people are in hospital with COVID-19, four of whom were admitted for COVID-19 related illness.

Five people are currently in ICU with COVID-19. 

APH ran 1,363 COVID-19 tests with a positivity rate of 14 per cent.

Of those eligible, 85.2 per cent of Algoma Public Health region residents have received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

APH's last report was on Thursday, April 14.

Note: As of Dec. 31, 2021, the province has limited COVID-19 PCR testing to the highest risk populations. Furthermore, some people with mild or asymptomatic infection may not seek testing. Algoma Public Health states that the numbers of confirmed cases are an underestimate of the actual number of people with COVID-19 in the Algoma region.