More COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed in the region.
Algoma Public Health's reporting its 53rd, just days after reporting its 52nd, on Thursday.
The health unit's also reporting 68 new cases since Friday - 56 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, six in Central and East Algoma, five in the Elliot Lake area, 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 is down to 236, with 25 in hospital, one in an ICU.
Meanwhile, Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting two deaths in Greater Sudbury - both where the illness was the underlying cause of death - bringing its death toll to 139 - it last reported a death last Wednesday.
The health unit's also reporting 121 new cases since Friday - 110 in Greater Sudbury, seven in the Sudbury District, and four in the Manitoulin District - though the number "active" is down to 398 - including nineteen in the northern Sudbury District (which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations) - with 47 in hospital, two in ICUs.