PHU Reports 63rd COVID-19 Death, APH & TBDHU Report New Cases

Another COVID-19 death's been reported in a neighbouring region.

The Porcupine Health Unit's giving no further details about its 63rd death linked to the illness - the 32nd this year - which comes just over a week after the health unit reported its 62nd.

The health unit's also reporting 24 new cases since Wednesday, though it no longer reports known "active" case counts - it is showing thirteen in hospital, however.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's added 48 cases since Wednesday - 45 in the Thunder Bay area, three in unspecified district communities - though the number of "active" cases is down to 228, including 40 in hospital, four in ICUs.

Meanwhile, Algoma Public Health's added fifteen cases in the last day - eight in the Sault Ste. Marie area, four 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) - leaving it with 147 "active", nineteen in hospital, four in ICUs.