More COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the region.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting 152 in Greater Sudbury, ten in the Manitoulin District, and eight in the Sudbury District, leaving the health unit with 650 "active" - including nine in the northern Sudbury District, which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations - though the health unit says confirmed case figures "are an underestimate of the true number of people with COVID-19 in Sudbury and districts, given that access to PCR testing is increasingly limited, positive rapid antigen test results are not reported to [the health unit], and the likelihood that people with asymptomatic infections may not seek testing".
Algoma Public Health's added 58 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, three in Central and East Algoma, one in the Elliot Lake area, and two in North Algoma, which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, Michipicoten First Nation, and Missinabie Cree First Nation.
The health unit's reported 1922 cases since the pandemic began, with 307 currently "active", three in hospital.
Meanwhile, the neighbouring Porcupine Health Unit's warning of potential "high risk" exposure on Air Canada flight 8436 from Toronto to Timmins at 6:27 pm last Thursday, December 23rd, specifically those in rows seven to eleven.