PHSD Reports 3 More COVID-19 Deaths, More Cases for APH

Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting three more COVID-19 deaths - and hundreds of new cases.

The health unit's giving no details about the latest deaths except that they were in Greater Sudbury - they bring the health unit's death toll since the pandemic began to 80.

It's also reporting 184 new cases in Greater Sudbury since Monday, plus sixteen in the Sudbury District, and fifteen in the Manitoulin District, though the number of known "active" cases dropped to 718, including nine in the northern Sudbury District, which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations.

PHSD is holding an "appointment only" vaccination clinics at the Chapleau and District Family Health Team today.

Meanwhile, Algoma Public Health's added 49 cases in the Sault Ste. Marie area, ten in Central and East Algoma, one in the Elliot Lake area, and another in North Algoma - which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, Michipicoten First Nation, and Missinabie Cree First Nation - leaving the health unit with 607 known "active" cases, including 21 in hospital, plus one "non-resident case temporarily in Algoma", also in hospital.