Another COVID-19 death's been confirmed in the region.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts reported its 51st death related to the illness on Friday - a day after its 49th and 50th, and two days after its 47th - like nearly all of the deaths, it was recorded in Greater Sudbury.
The health unit also reported 187 new cases in Greater Sudbury, sixteen in the Sudbury District, and seventeen in the Manitoulin District, bringing it to 1257 known "active" cases, including 34 in the northern Sudbury District, which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations.
Algoma Public Health added 106 cases in the Sault Ste. Marie area over te weekend, plus seventeen in Central and East Algoma, five in the Elliot Lake area, and eight in North Algoma - which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, and the Michipicoten and Missinabie Cree First Nations - leaving the health unit with 712 "active", including eleven in hospital plus a "non-resident case temporarily in Algoma" also in hospital.
While it doesn't report new cases over the weeend, the Porcupine Health Unit is warning of potential "high risk" exposure on the Polar Bear Express from Moosonee to Cochrane January 6th and an Air Creebec flight from Timmins to Peawanuck January 3rd.