Another COVID-19 death's been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's giving few details about its 77th death from the illness - the 56th this year alone - except that COVID was the underlying cause of death - it last reported a death last Tuesday.
The health unit's also reporting 37 new cases since Tuesday - 33 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, three in Central and East Algoma, and another in the Elliot Lake area - though known "high risk active" cases are down slightly, to 133, with 29 in hospital, two in ICUs.
The neighbouring Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting its 123rd COVID death, along with 137 new cases - it no longer reports "active" case counts, but does show 45 in hospital, two in ICUs - and it's also reporting 125 new lab-confirmed cases of influenza.