NORTHERN ONTARIO

Two new COVID-19 cases tied to North Bay apartment outbreak

CTV Northern Ontario

Dana Roberts CTVNews.ca Barrie Anchor

Published Friday, February 12, 2021 8:06PM EST Last Updated Friday, February 12, 2021 8:42PM EST

The COVID-19 outbreak at the Skyline-Lancelot Apartments in North Bay has grown to 31 people, including 25 residents and two visitors to the building. (CTV Northern Ontario)

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SUDBURY -- The COVID-19 outbreak at a North Bay apartment building has grown by two cases.

According to the North Bay-Parry Sound District Health Unit, a total of 26 people have now tested positive for COVID-19 in connection to the outbreak at the Skyline-Lancelot apartment building.

Twenty of the cases are residents in the building, with six visitors also testing positive after the outbreak was first declared on Feb. 8. Nineteen of the cases are said to be one of the COVID-19 variants of concern, which are said to be more transmissible than the traditional strain.

Further testing on the variants of concern is currently underway to confirm its origin.

Following the outbreak at the apartment complex, provincial health officials announced today that the North Bay-Parry Sound District Health Unit will remain under the stay at home order, while 27 other health units across the country return to the province's colour-coded framework.