Another COVID-19 death has been confirmed in a neighbouring region.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is reporting its 39th death, though it isn't giving any further details.
This comes as it's reporting 68 new cases - six in unspecified First Nation communities, one in an unspecified district community, the rest in the Thunder Bay area - bringing its total to 2493, with 424 currently "active", 38 in hospital, eight in an ICU.
Algoma Public Health's reported two more in the Sault Ste. Marie area, one in the Elliot Lake area, and another in the Central and East Algoma area - all stem from close contact with a known case.
That brings the total to 217, with nineteen active - one in hospital - plus three cases among "non-Algoma residents temporarily in Algoma".
Public Health Sudbury and Districts has confirmed eighteen - all in Greater Sudbury - with one more case "screening positive for variants of concern".
In total, it has reported 1034 cases - 197 screening positive for a variant - with 245 cases currently "active".
The Porcupine Health Unit has one "active" case, in the Timmins area.