Five more COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed in Greater Sudbury.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts is giving no more details about the deaths, which bring the health unit's death toll since the pandemic began to 58, eleven of those reported over the last week alone.
The health unit's also reporting 130 new cases in Greater Sudbury, eleven in the Sudbury District, and five in the Manitoulin District, though the number of known "active" cases is down to 980, including 25 in the northern Sudbury District, which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations.
It is holding an "appointment only" vaccination clinic at its Chapleau office today.
Meanwhile, Algoma Public Health's added six cases in the Elliot Lake area, five in the Sault Ste. Marie area, one in Central and East Algoma, and three in North Algoma, which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, Michipicoten First Nation, and Missinabie Cree First Nation.
Despite that, known "active" cases have dropped to 637, with ten in hospital, plus a "non-resident case temporarily in Algoma" also in hospital.