New COVID-19 Cases Reported Across Region

COVID-19 cases are rising across the region.

Algoma Public Health's reporting two in Sault Ste. Marie and another in the Central and East Algoma area, bringing it to 361 total, with 27 currently "active", one in hospital.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts has added one case in Greater Sudbury and another in the Manitoulin District - bringing it to 2035, though the number "active" has dropped to 66 - while four more screened positive for a variant of concern, bringing that to 869.

The Porcupine Health Unit's reporting 22 in the Timmins area, three in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area, and another in the James and Hudson Bay region, bringing it to 813, with 194 currently "active" - that's the most of any Northern Ontario region at this time.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's confirmed three new cases in the Thunder Bay area and another in an unspecified First Nation community - bringing it to 3161, with 34 "active", four in hospital, one in an ICU - while seven more cases with variants of concern were identified, bringing that to 68.