Algoma, Sudbury, Thunder Bay Districts All Report COVID-19 Cases

More COVID-19 cases have been reported in the region.

Algoma Public Health is reporting two new cases in the Sault Ste. Marie area, both stemming from international travel - that brings its total since the pandemic began to 60, three of which are currently "active".

A case has also been confirmed in Marathon.

While the Thunder Bay District Health Unit will only say a recent case was confirmed in an unspecified "district community" - which could include Marathon - a statement from the Marathon Family Health Team confirms the first positive case in that community - it's unclear how they were exposed, though the health unit's conducting contact tracing.

This comes as the health unit's reported its second COVID-19 death - CBC News reports the deceased was a patient at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

The health unit currently has 82 "active" cases.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts - meanwhile - has declared outbreaks at the Extendicare Falconbridge and Extendicare York long-term care homes in Greater Sudbury - it says two workers tested positive, one from each facility.

The health unit's actually showing five new cases - four in Greater Sudbury and one in an unspecified Sudbury District community - though it's unclear how any were exposed.

That leaves it with fourteen "active" cases.

Both Public Health Sudbury and Districts and the Thunder Bay District Health Unit are in the yellow "protect" category of Ontario's tiered restrictions framework, while Algoma's in the green "prevent" category, the lowest level.