Algoma Public Health's surpassed an unfortunate milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic: 10,000 cases.
The health unit's reporting 79 since Tuesday - 67 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, twelve in the Elliot Lake area, six in Central and East Algoma, and four in North Algoma (which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, and the Michipicoten and Missinabie Cree First Nations) - bringing the total number of cases reported since the pandemic began to 10,007.
It's also pushed known "high risk active" cases up to 229, with 22 in hospital, two in ICUs.