More COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's reporting sixteen since Tuesday - ten in the Sault Ste. Marie area, four in Central and East Algoma, one in the Elliot Lake area, and another in North Algoma (which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, and the Michipicoten and Missinabie Cree First Nations) - pushing known "high risk active" cases up slightly, to 82, 13 in hospital, three in ICUs.
The neighbouring Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting three more COVID-related deaths, bringing its total to 127.
TBDHU’s also reporting 127 new COVID-19 cases - it no longer reports "active" case counts, but does show 23 in hospital, three in ICUs - it's also reporting 42 new lab-confirmed cases of influenza, just over half of those reported last Thursday.