March 14, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and the Superior North Catholic District School Board confirm that an outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at Saint Joseph Catholic School in Geraldton.

Consistent with provincial guidelines, an outbreak is declared in a school when there are two or more COVID-19 cases in students or staff that can be linked within a school setting. At this time, one additional individual associated with the school has tested positive for COVID-19. This individual is deemed to have acquired the infection in the school setting.

March 14, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 40 (forty) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 437.

March 13, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 43 (forty-three) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 446.

March 12, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) has received a report that an individual with COVID-19 in the TBDHU catchment area has screened positive for the N501Y mutation in the spike (S) gene of the COVID-19 virus. This mutation is associated with the variants of concern (VOC). Additional sequencing will be done to confirm this result and to determine the specific variant type. Currently the B.1.1.7 variant, also known as the UK variant, is the most common variant detected in Ontario.

March 12, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 82 (eighty-two) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 435.

March 11, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and Chartwell Hilldale Retirement Residence announce that the outbreak at the retirement residence in Thunder Bay is now over.

Prior to the outbreak, significant measures were already in place at Chartwell Hilldale Retirement Residence to reduce likelihood of transmission of the virus within the facility. Expanded precautions were implemented for the duration of the outbreak.

The facility was part of the initial roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination program for Retirement Homes.

March 11, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) and Lakehead Public Schools confirm that the outbreak of COVID-19 at Sherbrooke Public School in Thunder Bay is now over.

The period of heightened surveillance due to the recent cases at Sherbrooke Public School is considered over. No additional cases of COVID-19 have been identified and there is no evidence of additional spread within the school setting.

For additional information about COVID-19 and the TBDHU area, please see the TBDHU Website.

March 11, 2021 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is announcing that the outbreak at the Thunder Bay District Jail in Thunder Bay is now over.

March 11, 2021 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 46 (forty-six) new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region. Current active cases is 423.

March 10, 2021 - Due to the significant number of cases of COVID-19 in Thunder Bay, the Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janet DeMille, is directing schools in the City of Thunder Bay and surrounding areas to extend the suspension of in-person learning until March 29, 2021. The need for further extension will be considered closer to that time. This direction was communicated to the school boards through a Letter of Instruction, issued under regulations of the Reopening of Ontario Act, 2020.