Another COVID-19 death's been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's giving no details about its 51st death linked to the illness, reported Monday, just days after it reported its 50th death.
The health unit also reported 87 new cases since Friday - 67 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, thirteen in the Elliot Lake area, six in Central and East Algoma, and another in North Algoma (which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, and the Michipicoten and Missinabie Cree First Nations) - though the number of known "active" cases fell to 291, including 23 in hospital, four in ICUs.
Meanwhile, Public Health Sudbury and Districts added 198 cases since Friday - 175 in Greater Sudbury, thirteen in the Sudbury District, and ten in the Manitoulin District - leaving it with 422 "active" - thirteen in the northern Sudbury District (which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations - with 41 cases in hospital, two in ICUs.
The health unit is holding an "appointment only" vaccination clinic at its Chapleau office Thursday.
A "walk-in" clinic's being held at APH's office in Wawa from 9:30 am to 4 pm today - it's the final clinic planned in Wawa, as North Algoma shifts to booking vaccination appointments rather than holding clinics: for Wawa, call the health unit's office; for Dubreuilville, call the Dubreuilville Medical Centre; for White River, call the Northern Neighbours Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic.