Another COVID-19 death's been confirmed in the region.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts is reporting its 229th - the 200th in Greater Sudbury - it's the health unit's eighth in about a month, seven of which were in Greater Sudbury, the other in the Manitoulin District - the last was reported Wednesday.
The health unit's also reporting 24 new cases since Wednesday - 21 in Greater Sudbury, three in the broader Sudbury District - though known "active" cases are down slightly, to 121, including three 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 79 in hospital, three in ICUs.