A 70-yr-old Timmins location man has develop into the ninth COVID-19 related loss of life in the Cochrane district.

Dr. Lianne Catton, Clinical Officer of Health, Porcupine Overall health Unit (PHU), declared the death Saturday.

 “It is with wonderful unhappiness that I report that we have had a ninth death related to problems of their infection of COVID-19 in the Porcupine Wellness Device region,” she claimed. 

The person was in his 70s and admitted to the Timmins and District Medical center (TADH), owning analyzed beneficial for COVID-19 on July 19, 2020. His demise was not connected to an institutional outbreak. Out of respect for his household, no further more information and facts will be shared, the wellbeing unit said. 

The guy was amongst 73 good scenarios in the Porcupine Wellbeing Unit area, which includes the Cochrane district and the James Bay coastline. There are at the moment no active cases in the location.

Catton said the hottest dying is a solemn reminder of the need to have to continue being vigilant.

“We have to have to go on to do the job alongside one another to lessen the unfold of COVID-19 and safeguard our people, neighbours, co-personnel and communities,” she stated. ”There have been much too a lot of tragic results. Make sure you remain residence if you are not perfectly, observe physical distancing when out, don a non-medical mask or face masking in indoor general public spaces or outdoors if you are not able to retain 2 m from some others, wash your arms usually and stay away from touching your experience.” 

Timiskaming, in the meantime,  also remains obvious of lively circumstances and had had no fatalities to date.

A woman in her 30s was Timiskaming’s ninth constructive case since screening started again in April. She tested optimistic in early August, obtaining contracted the highly contagious illness outdoors the district, and her scenario has given that been solved.

Timiskaming has done additional than 5824 tests to date, and has constantly had one of the better degrees of testing per capita among the Ontario’s overall health models.