UPDATE: Six additional cases reported. Totals now 893 with 224 active.
Two new cases of COVID-19 reported today bump the Porcupine Health Unit’s pandemic total so far to 887.
One of the new cases is in Timmins. The other is up on the coast.
Thirty-eight cases are considered resolved, although 218 remain active.
BY THE NUMBERS
97,286 tests
887 positive
218 active cases
643 resolved
26 deaths
41,502 vaccinations administered
38,444 people vaccinated
ACTIVE CASES BY COMMUNITY
187 Timmins
21 Area of Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, Smooth Rock Falls
9 James Bay-Hudson Bay coast area
1 Area of Kapuskasing, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty, Moonbeam, Fauquier-Strickland
0 Area of Hearst and Hornepayne
-Source: Porcupine Health Unit, May 18, 2021