Another COVID-19 death's been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's reporting its 80th - the 59th this year alone - but is giving few details except that COVID contributed to but was not the underlying cause of death - the health unit last reported a death last Tuesday.
The health unit's also reporting 51 new cases since Thursday - 44 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, six in Central and East Algoma, and another in North Algoma (which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, and the Michipicoten and Missinabie Cree First Nations) - though known "high risk active" cases are down slightly, to 97, with hospitalizations down to 20, including three in ICUs.