Public Health Sudbury and Districts is urging the region to "aim high and stay low".
The health unit emphasizes the path out of the province's Step 3 restrictions requires low case counts and high immunization rates: at least 80% of those 12 or older must have one dose, at least 75% two, and every health unit must have a two-dose rate of at least 70%.
The health unit is nearing those marks, reporting 79% have at least one dose and 60.9% have two, but it's launching an area-wide challenge aimed at getting 90% of those twelve and older fully vaccinated, urging those who have yet to get both doses to book appointments.
For Chapleau, 72.1% of residents 12 or older are fully vaccinated, the highest rate for any region covered by the health unit.