A surge in COVID-19 cases is being reported in the region.
Algoma Public Health's reporting 62 new cases over the last week - a jump from the previous week's 49 - with 58 in the Sault Ste. Marie area, two in Central and East Algoma, one in the Elliot Lake area, and another in North Algoma (which includes Wawa, Dubreuilville, White River, and the Michipicoten and Missinabie Cree First Nations) - pushing known "high risk active" cases up to 74, including fourteen in hospital.