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Sarnia-Lambton's active COVID cases down 23

A spike in resolved COVID-19 cases lowered Sarnia-Lambton's active infections Tuesday.

Lambton Public Health reported 17 new cases for a total of 2,643, but recoveries went up 40 to 2,376. As a result, the active case count decreased by 23 to 220.

There were 13 active institutional and school outbreaks, down one from Monday. An outbreak declared on March 9 at Landmark Village where one staff member had tested positive, has ended.

COVID-positive patients at Bluewater Health dropped from five to three Tuesday.

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Youth volunteers practice coastal conservation

Nine young volunteers aged 11 to 17 spent three days exploring and protecting the Lake Huron coastline during the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps' inaugural program in Grand Bend from July 21 to 23.