Another COVID-19-related death has been confirmed in the region.
The neighbouring Porcupine Health Unit is reporting its eighth death related to the illness, a woman in her 90s who was admitted to Timmins and District Hospital after testing positive on April 20th - her case was related to an outbreak at the hospital, which was declared "over" on May 11th.
No further information is being provided at this time.
It was the sole remaining active case for the health unit, which has reported 65 cases since the pandemic began - the most in northeastern Ontario, and second in the North, after the Thunder Bay Health Unit's 87 - while its eight deaths is the highest for all of the North.