PHSD Reports 32nd COVID-19 Death, More Cases Across Region

Another COVID-19 death's been confirmed in the region.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts is providing few details about its 32nd death linked to the illness, except that it is in Greater Sudbury - all other COVID-19 deaths in its region have been reported in Greater Sudbury.

This comes as the health unit's reporting 23 new cases in Greater Sudbury while reducing the number reported in the Manitoulin District by one, bringing the health unit's total to 2800, with 211 "active".

It's also reporting twelve more confirmed or presumed to be variants of concern, bringing that count to 1459.

Meanwhile, Algoma Public Health's reporting six new cases in the Sault Ste. Marie area - bringing the health unit to 518, with 36 "active", the most in weeks - while the Porcupine Health Unit's added two in the Timmins area - bringing that health unit to 2224 total, with just those two "active" - and the Thunder Bay District Health Unit reported three in unspecified "district communities" and another in an unspecified First Nation community, bringing it to 3420, with sixteen "active" including one in a hospital ICU.