COVID-19 cases are rising across the region - with another death in the area.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's giving no further details about its 59th COVID-related death, though it is reporting six new cases in the Thunder Bay area and two more in unspecified First Nation communities, bringing the health unit to 3012 while the number "active" has declined to 49, twelve in hospital, four in an ICU.
Meanwhile, Algoma Public Health's reporting five cases in the Sault Ste. Marie area, bringing the health unit to 296, 49 "active" - including one in hospital - plus one more case of a non-resident temporarily in Algoma.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts has added fourteen cases - ten in Greater Sudbury, three in unspecified Sudbury District communities, and the last isn't specified - bringing the health unit to 1838, though the number "active" dropped to 182.
The neighbouring Porcupine Health Unit's reporting eleven more in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area plus seven in the Timmins area, bringing its total to 498 - 95 currently "active" - while one more screened positive for a variant of concern, and the health unit's declared an outbreak at McEwen Mining's Black Fox Mine in Matheson, as three employees are confirmed cases.