Several new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed across the region.
Algoma Public Health's reporting eight in the Sault Ste. Marie area - at least seven stemming from close contact with a known case - bringing the health unit to 444, with fifteen "active" plus one "non-resident case temporarily in Algoma".
Meanwhile, Public Health Sudbury and Districts has added four cases in Greater Sudbury and two in the eastern part of the Sudbury District - bringing the health unit to 2313, with 36 "active" - while fourteen more were confirmed or presumed to be a variant of concern, bringing that to 1103.
It's also warning of two potential high-risk public exposures: at Cora Breakfast and Lunch on Barry Downe Road in Greater Sudbury last Sunday and Monday - between 8 am and noon - and at Wacky Wings in Greater Sudbury the same days, between 4 and 11 pm - delivery drivers and patrons who waited in their lobbies are urged to monitor for symptoms, and self-isolate if any develop, though those who are not fully vaccinated should immediately self-isolate.
The neighbouring Porcupine Health Unit's reporting another case in the Timmins area - bringing the health unit to 2187, with ten "active" - while the Thunder Bay District Health Unit's added two in unspecified First Nation communities - both stemming from travel outside Northwestern Ontario - bringing the health unit to 3382, with fourteen "active", two in hospital, one in the ICU.