More COVID-19 deaths have been reported in neighbouring regions.
The Porcupine Health Unit's reporting two - just a day after it last reported a death - bringing its death toll related to the illness to 59, 28 of which were reported this year alone.
It's also reporting ten new cases - five in the Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, and Fauquier-Strickland area, three in the Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Smooth Rock Falls area, one in the Timmins area, and another currently out of its region - leaving the health unit with 24 known "active" cases, 17 in hospital, two in ICUs.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit's reporting its 90th death - four days after reporting its 89th - while adding 146 cases - 125 in the Thunder Bay area, eleven in unspecified First Nation communities, and ten in unspecified district communities - leaving it with 330 "active", 61 in hospital, five in ICUs.
Meanwhile, Algoma Public Health's added 25 cases - eighteen 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 258 "active", 32 in hospital, three in ICUs.