PHSD Reports 16th COVID-19 Death, APH Sees 225th Case

Another COVID-19 death's been reported in the region.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts has confirmed its sixteenth since the pandemic began, noting it was an individual in Greater Sudbury but no further details will be provided "out of respect".

The health unit's also confirmed another case in the Sudbury District and nineteen in Greater Sudbury, bringing its total to 1303 - 319 "active" - with 25 more cases "screened positive for a variant of concern", bringing that total to 348.

Meanwhile, Algoma Public Health's confirmed its 225th case - it's located in the Sault Ste. Marie area, stemming from close contact with a known case - leaving the health unit with eighteen "active" cases.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting another fifteen cases in the Thunder Bay area and five more in unspecified district communities, bringing it to 2739 total, with 259 "active", 28 in hospital, four in an ICU.