NORTH BAY, ON – A total of 33 members of the North Bay Jail community have tested positive for COVID-19 as of June 22 confirms the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit. At this time, 32 individuals in custody and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19. On June 16, the Health Unit had upgraded the outbreak to facility wide, due to further spread of COVID-19 within the North Bay Jail.
The Health Unit will continue to monitor the North Bay Jail outbreak and will report any new COVID-19 cases on the outbreak section of the COVID-19 Status Report dashboard.
For more information, visit www.myhealthunit.ca/COVID-19.
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