PHSD Reports 20th COVID-19 Death, APH Confirms 229th Case

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

Public Health Sudbury and Districts says another person has died in Greater Sudbury, the fourth death this week after three were reported in Greater Sudbury Monday.

The health unit has seen twenty COVID-19-related deaths since the pandemic began.

This comes as the health unit's reporting 32 new cases - one in the Manitoulin District, the rest in Greater Sudbury - bringing its total to 1429 - 344 "active" - while 15 more cases "screened positive for a variant of concern", bringing that total to 400.

Algoma Public Health - meanwhile - has confirmed its 229th case of COVID-19, an Elliot Lake area resident exposed by close contact with a known case.

The health unit has ten "active" cases.