PHSD & PHU Confirm New COVID-19 Cases

A few more COVID-19 cases are being reported in the region.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting two new cases in Greater Sudbury - bringing the health unit to 2147, with 30 "active" - while three more screened positive for variants of concern, bringing that to 959.

The Porcupine Health Unit - on the other hand - is reporting two new cases in the James and Hudson Bay region and another in the Timmins area, bringing the health unit to 1972 - it last reported 143 "active", but that was before those cases were reported.

It's also reporting another case of the "Delta" variant first detected in India - it's the 30th case of the variant seen by the Porcupine Health Unit.