More COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the region.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting 72 since Wednesday - 64 in Greater Sudbury, four in the Sudbury District, and four in the Manitoulin District - pushing known "active" cases up to 280, with the number in hospital skyrocketing from 50 to 63, including two in ICUs.
The health unit's also reduced its COVID-related death toll, apparently removing the death reported Wednesday in Greater Sudbury - that brings the health unit's death toll back to 169.