More COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's reporting one in which COVID was the underlying cause of death and another in which it contributed to but was not the underlying cause, bringing the health unit's death toll since the pandemic began to 82, 61 in 2022 alone.
The health unit's also reporting 37 new cases since Thursday - 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 76, with twelve in hospital, two in ICUs - both down from Thursday's report.