TBDHU Reports 70th COVID-19 Death, Cases Confirmed in Marathon & Manitouwadge Areas

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

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's giving no details about its 70th death related to the illness, which comes just shy of two weeks after its 69th.

The health unit's also reporting 100 new cases in the Thunder Bay area and two more in district communities, leaving it with 312 "active", including four in hospital.

Though it doesn't name specific communities, the Marathon Family Health Team's reported six cases in the last week - with five "active" as of Tuesday - while Sante Manitouwadge Health is reporting two new cases as of yesterday, both still "active".

Meanwhile, the Porcupine Health Unit's added 103 cases in the Timmins area, nineteen in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area, twelve in the Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, and Fauquier-Strickland area, nine in the James and Hudson Bay region, and three in the Hearst and Hornepayne area - that brings the health unit to 479 "active" cases, about three-quarters in the Timmins area.