A re-test of that positive COVID-19 result reported Wednesday by the Porcupine Health Unit… shows came back negative.  So the PHU says that based on clinical assessment, the person “doesn’t meet the definition of a confirmed case, and will not be counted as a positive case.”

No new positives have come back in the last 24 hours.  Since the pandemic began, there have been 88 in the region.

BY THE NUMBERS

26,845 tests

88 positive

86 resolved

9 deaths

-Source: Porcupine Health Unit, October 16, 2020