PHSD Reports 221st COVID-19 Death

Another COVID-19 death's been confirmed in the region.

Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting its 193rd in Greater Sudbury, bringing the health unit's COVID-related death toll to 221 - it's also updated figures to show this death and the prior, which was reported the previous Monday, were both deaths in which COVID was the underlying cause.

It's also reporting 46 new cases since Wednesday - it did not post an update Friday - 40 in Greater Sudbury, five in the broader Sudbury District, another in the Manitoulin District - pushing known "active" cases up to 106.

The health unit only updates hospitalization figures on Wednesdays, but last showed fifteen in hospital, two in ICUs.