Another major jump in COVID-19 cases for our region today. The Porcupine Health Unit’s reporting 41 new cases, bringing the total so far to 1,266.
That number has more than doubled since the end of April.
Twenty-seven of the cases are in Timmins; eight between Smooth Rock Falls and Matheson; five in the area of the James and Hudson Bay coasts and one in the Hearst-Hornepayne corridor.
BY THE NUMBERS
100,026 tests
1,266 positive
554 variants of concern
307 active
933 resolved
26 deaths
49,295 vaccinations
43,952 people vaccinated
-Source: Porcupine Health Unit, May 28, 2021
