APH Reports 7th COVID-19 Death, PHSD & PHU Report New Cases

Another COVID-19 death has been confirmed in the region.

Algoma Public Health's giving no details about its seventh death linked to the illness, announced Monday - it last reported a COVID death in late May.

The health unit currently has ten "active" cases, including one in hospital.

This comes as a few new cases were confirmed in the region.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts has added three in Greater Sudbury, one in the eastern part of the Sudbury District, and another in the Manitoulin District, bringing the health unit to 2294, though the number "active" actually dropped, to 28.

It also reported four more cases confirmed or presumed to be a variant of concern, bringing that to 1074.

The Porcupine Health Unit added three cases in the Timmins area, two in the James and Hudson Bay region, and two in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area - that brings it to 2186.

It last reported nineteen "active", but that was before the latest cases.