More COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's giving no further details about the two latest deaths, which bring its death toll since the pandemic began to 69, 48 in 2022 alone.
This comes as the health unit's reporting 120 new cases since Thursday - 89 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, sixteen in Central and East Algoma, thirteen in the Elliot Lake area, and two in North Algoma (which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, and the Michipicoten and Missinabie Cree First Nations) - but known "high risk active" cases are down to 284, while hospitalizations have skyrocketed to 45, including five in ICUs.