The Porcupine Health Unit remains the COVID-19 hotspot of Northern Ontario.
It's confirmed eleven more cases - five in the James and Hudson Bay region, five in the Timmins area, and another in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area - bringing it to 1870 total, with 368 "active", one outside the district.
Many of the cases are in the remote James Bay community of Kashechewan First Nation, and Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller's announced support including fifteen Canadian Rangers, as well as six additional nurses.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's added five more cases in unspecified First Nation communities and one in the Thunder Bay area, bringing it to 3320 - with 33 "active", six in hospital, three in an ICU - while six more cases with variants of concern were identified, bringing that total to 177.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts isn't reporting any new cases, though two more have screened positive for variants of concern - bringing that total to 936 - while "active" cases dropped to 18.
It has also declared an outbreak for Flying Post Camp Logistics at IAMGOLD's Cote Mine Project in Gogama, just days after declaring an outbreak at the mine project "over".