Several COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's reporting three in the Sault Ste. Marie area - one stemming from international travel - bringing the health unit to 512, with 30 "active", the most in weeks.
APH is holding a local vaccination clinic today, a "pop-up clinic" with no appointment necessary at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre lounge, from 11 am to 2 pm.
Meanwhile, Public Health Sudbury and Districts has added 20 cases in Greater Sudbury and another in the Manitoulin District, bringing its total to 2778, with 209 "active": 199 in Greater Sudbury; four in the western part of the Sudbury District; two in the eastern part; two in the northern part, which includes Chapleau, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nation communities; and two in the Manitoulin District.
It's also reporting twelve more confirmed or presumed to be variants of concern, bringing that count to 1447.
Many of the new cases have been linked to outbreaks, with six considered "active": two at Greater Sudbury schools, another at the Sudbury Jail, another at a Greater Sudbury bar, one at a Greater Sudbury long-term care home, and the other at the Vale South Mine.