More COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the region - but the number "active" is declining.
Algoma Public Health's reporting an overall rise of twelve cases - with eleven more in the Sault Ste. Marie area, one more in Central and East Algoma, and another in North Algoma, while Elliot Lake's case count has been reduced by one - though known "high risk active" cases are down to 83, the lowest in months, with 18 in hospital, three in ICUs.
The neighbouring Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting its 124 COVID-related death, along with 137 new cases - it no longer reports "active" case counts, but does show 31 in hospital, three in ICUs - and it's also reporting 80 new lab-confirmed cases of influenza.