TBDHU Reports 67th COVID-19 Death, APH & PHSD Report More Cases

Another COVID-19 death's been reported in a neighbouring region.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's confirmed its 67th death related to the illness, two weeks after its 66th.

It's also reporting 29 new cases in the Thunder Bay area and five in unspecified First Nation communities, though it has also removed one from the case count due to data quality checks, bringing the health unit's total to 3642, with 127 "active", two in hospital.

Algoma Public Health added eighteen in the Sault Ste. Marie area and another in the Elliot Lake area, bringing it to 1208 total, with 371 "active", eleven in hospital.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts added 30 in Greater Sudbury, 28 in the Manitoulin District, and four in the Sudbury District, bringing it to 3950 total, with 324 "active".

It has also released new vaccination figures, reporting 81.1% of the health unit's residents five or older are partially vaccinated, with 77.5% fully - that's 77.5% of the overall population partially vaccinated, 74% fully.

And the neighbouring Porcupine Health's added two cases in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area, bringing the health unit to 2279 total, with nine "active".