The neighbouring Porcupine Health Unit's confirmed its fifth COVID-19 related death.
According to the health unit, the latest death is a man in his 70s who was admitted to Timmins and District Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 on April 26th - it confirms that his death was related to "an institutional outbreak".
Meanwhile, the health unit's declaring an outbreak at an Iroquois Falls long-term care home - where a woman in her 90s has tested positive - bringing the Porcupine Health Unit's total number of confirmed cases to 64, though only 11 are considered "active".