COVID-19 cases are rising across the region - including locally.
Algoma Public Health reported six over the weekend: one in the Sault Ste. Marie area; two in the Central and East Algoma area; one in the Elliot Lake area; and two in North Algoma - those are the first cases reported in North Algoma since the pandemic began.
The health unit doesn't identify which community has reported the case - simply giving the region - though it defines North Algoma as Dubreuilville, Michipicoten First Nation, Missinabie Cree First Nation, Wawa, and White River.
In total, the health unit's reported 181 cases, 25 are still "active" including two in hospital.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts - meanwhile - reported seven cases over the weekend - bringing it to 532, 49 "active" - while the Thunder Bay District Health Unit reported 30 in the Thunder Bay area and one in an unspecified "district community", bringing its total to 1060 - 112 are still "active", including three in hospital, two of them in the ICU.
There is some good news: the health unit's declared an end to the outbreak at the Southbridge Roseview long-term care home, where 23 residents died from the virus.