Algoma Public Health's confirmed another COVID-19 death.
The health unit's giving no details about its 47th death linked to the illness - reported Thursday - it last reported a new death April 4th, though its death toll had increased on April 5th due to "a data cleaning initiative".
It also reported 53 new cases - 41 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, six in Central and East Algoma, and six in the Elliot Lake area - leaving it with 409 known "active" cases, with 27 in hospital, seven in I-C-Us.
Meanwhile, the neighbouring Porcupine Health Unit's added 61 cases since Thursday, 42 over the last day - 22 in the Timmins area, nine in the James and Hudson Bay region, five in the Hearst and Hornepayne area, five in the Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, and Fauquier-Strickland area, and another in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area - leaving it with 261 "active", 21 in hospital, two in ICUs.