COVID-19 cases are rising in the region.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts has confirmed 40 cases in Greater Sudbury and another in an unspecified Sudbury District community, bringing the health unit to 1100 total, 261 "active".
It's also reporting eleven more cases "screened positive for variants of concern", bringing that total to 208.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting 31 new cases in the Thunder Bay area, five more in unspecified "district communities", and another two in First Nation communities - sixteen stem from household contact and ten from "other close contact".
Despite the rise, the number of "active" cases has fallen to 399, though the number hospitalized has climbed to 44, with fifteen in an ICU.
The Porcupine Health Unit - meanwhile - is reporting a case in the Hearst and Hornepayne area and another in the Timmins area - it has reported 346 total, with three currently "active".
Algoma Public Health - which last reported two cases Wednesday night - has 21 "active" - one in hospital - plus two more cases of "non-residents temporarily in Algoma".