Porcupine Health Unit Reports 2 COVID-19 Deaths, More Cases for PHSD & TBDHU

Two more COVID-19 deaths are being reported in the region.

The Porcupine Health Unit is giving no details about the deaths - its 28th and 29th - which come just three weeks after its 27th COVID-related death.

The health unit's also reporting six new cases in the James and Hudson Bay region, four in the Timmins area, and two in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area - that brings it to 1969 total, but it's also reporting 108 more "resolved" cases, bringing the number "active" down to 202.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts has added six in Greater Sudbury - bringing the health unit to 2142, with the number "active" up to 29 - while four more screened positive for a variant of concern, raising that to 949.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's confirmed one in the Thunder Bay area and another in an unspecified district community - bringing it to 3331, though the number "active" is down to fourteen, its lowest level in eight months, but four are in hospital, two in an ICU - while four more cases with a variant of concern were identified, bringing that to 182.