COVID-19 and another dozen variants were reported in the Peterborough area on Thursday, according to the region’s health unit.Peterborough Public Health‘s COVID-19 tracker site as of 4:23 p.m.
listed 76 active cases in its jurisdiction, down from 81 reported on Wednesday. The health unit’s jurisdiction includes Peterborough, municipalities of Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation.There are now 101 presumed variant of concern cases, another increase from the 89 variants reported Wednesday — 44 of the variants stem from the ongoing outbreak at Severn Court Student Residence in the city’s west end which as of Thursday morning had 56 cases of COVID-19.