While the rest of the province has seen restrictions loosen with the start of Step One of the government's three-step reopening plan, the Porcupine Health Unit's keeping restrictions for another two weeks, given high case numbers in recent weeks.
A day after reporting 51 cases, the health unit's confirmed 24 more today - fifteen in the James and Hudson Bay region, eight in the Timmins area, and another in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area - bringing it to 1748 total, with 328 currently "active", one outside the district.
It's one of seven regions in Ontario where COVID-19 vaccine second doses are being accelerated to stem the spread of the "Delta" variant first detected in India.
Meanwhile - for the third straight day - Public Health Sudbury and Districts has added just a single case - once again in Greater Sudbury - bringing it to 2111, though the number "active" has dropped to 19 - it's also reporting a 933rd case has screened positive for a variant of concern.
The health unit says half of the cases it reported over the last week screened positive for a variant of concern.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting three in unspecified First Nation communities and another in the Thunder Bay area - bringing it to 3308, with 47 "active", five in hospital, two in an ICU - while three more cases with variants of concern were identified, bringing that total to 171.