PHSD Reports 223rd COVID-19 Death, 2nd This Week

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

Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting its 195th in Greater Sudbury, bringing the health unit's COVID-related death toll to 223 - it last reported a death on Wednesday.

The health unit's also reporting 44 new cases since Wednesday - 36 in Greater Sudbury, six in the broader Sudbury District, and two in the Manitoulin District - pushing known "active" cases up to 183 - the highest since early March - including two in the northern Sudbury District (which includes Chapleau, Cartier, Foleyet, Gogama, and neighbouring First Nations).

The health unit only updates hospitalization figures on Wednesdays, but last showed 66 in hospital, four in ICUs.