Rising COVID-19 cases are being reported across the region.
In its most recent update, Algoma Public Health added 43 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, five in Central and East Algoma, five in the Elliot Lake area, and two in North Algoma - which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, and the Michipicoten and Missinabie Cree First Nations - leaving it with 443 known "active" cases - plus six "non-resident cases temporarily in Algoma" - with seventeen local cases in hospital, three in ICUs.
Meanwhile, Public Health Sudbury and Districts added 104 in Greater Sudbury, sixteen in the Sudbury District, and eight in the Manitoulin District, leaving it with 338 "active" - including nine in the northern Sudbury District, which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations - with 28 in hospital, two in ICUs.