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