More COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's reporting a death in which COVID contributed to but was not the underlying cause of death, bringing its death toll since the pandemic began to 86, 65 in 2022 alone - it does not report where the deaths occurred.
It last reported a death on Tuesday.
It's also reporting 26 new cases since Tuesday - thirteen in the Sault Ste. Marie area, ten in the Elliot Lake area, two in Central and East Algoma, 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 to 74, with eight in hospital, one in an ICU.
Meanwhile, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting its 131st COVID death, though it is giving no further details - it's also reporting 182 new cases over the last week, an increase from the previous week - it no longer reports "active" case counts, but shows 28 in hospital.