PHSD Reports 29th COVID-19 Death, More Cases Across Region

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

Public Health Sudbury and Districts says only that its 29th COVID-related death happened in Greater Sudbury, giving no other details "out of respect".

The health unit is - however - reporting five more cases in Greater Sudbury and two in the Sudbury District - bringing it to 2054, 60 currently "active" - while one more screened positive for a variant of concern, to 877.

Algoma Public Health's confirmed one case in the Elliot Lake area, but it also says two reported in that area on Friday do not actually "meet case definition" and are no longer considered cases, so they've been removed from the health unit's case count.

That's brought the health unit's total down slightly - to 364 - with 30 "active", one in hospital.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's added two cases in the Thunder Bay area and another in an unspecified First Nation community - bringing it to 3168, with 29 "active", four in hospital, one in an I-C-U - while five more cases with variants of concern were identified.

The Porcupine Health Unit's added sixteen cases in the Timmins area, six for Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls, two in the James and Hudson Bay region, and one in the Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, and Fauquier-Strickland area.

That brings it to 881, with 250 active - the most of any health unit in Northern Ontario - two are currently "outside the district".

It's also declared an outbreak at the Pick of the Crop specialty grocery store in Timmins.