Two more COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's confirmed its seventeenth - just over a week after its sixteenth - though it is giving no further details, citing "respect for the family".
This comes as it's confirmed ten new cases in the Sault Ste. Marie area, one in Central and East Algoma, and another in the Elliot Lake area, bringing it to 1370 total, though the number "active" is down to 262, with six in hospital, also down from yesterday.
It has declared three more outbreaks at Sault Ste. Marie schools in recent days, leaving the health unit with eight "active" outbreaks, four at schools in the Sault and another at a child care centre in the city.
Meanwhile, Public Health Sudbury and Districts has confirmed its 43rd death related to the illness - the fourth this month and the third this week - though it is similarly giving no details, with figures only showing it was in Greater Sudbury, like all other deaths for the health unit.
Figures also show 37 new cases in Greater Sudbury, another four in the Sudbury District, and nine in the Manitoulin District, bringing its total to 4212, though the number "active" is down slightly, to 363.
The health unit's showing eleven "active" outbreaks, all in Greater Sudbury, including multiple schools and various workplaces.