Another COVID-19 death's been confirmed in the region.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting its 85th, just four days after its 84th, though it's giving no further details.
It's also reporting 55 new cases - 29 in the Thunder Bay area, eighteen in unspecified First Nations communities, and eight in unspecified district communities - leaving it with 127 known "active" cases, 25 in hospital, nine in ICUs.
Meanwhile, Algoma Public Health's added 57 cases - 45 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, eight in Central and East Algoma, three in the Elliot Lake area, and another in North Algoma (which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, and the Michipicoten and Missinabie Cree First Nations) - with "active" cases up to 442, including 19 in hospital - down slightly from the day before - five in ICUs, up slightly from the day before.
The Porcupine Health Unit's added 38 cases - twenty in the James and Hudson Bay region, six in the Timmins area, six in the Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, and Fauquier-Strickland area, four in the Hearst and Hornepayne area, and two in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area - leaving it with 260 "active", twelve in hospital.