PHSD Reports 178th COVID-19 Death, Cases Jump in Northern Sudbury District

More COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed in the region.

In its latest report, Public Health Sudbury and Districts shows one in Greater Sudbury - bringing the health unit's death toll to 178, 156 in the city - it last reported a death last Friday.

It's also reporting 128 cases since Monday - 104 in Greater Sudbury, seventeen in the broader Sudbury District, and seven in the Manitoulin District - pushing known "active" cases up to 319, with 64 in hospital, two in ICUs, while "active" cases in the northern Sudbury District (which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations), more than tripled to ten.

Meanwhile, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting its 122nd COVID death along with 176 new cases - 136 in the city, eleven in district communities, 29 in First Nation communities - though "active" cases are down to 161, including 55 in hospital, two in ICUs.