Twelve new COVID-19 cases are being reported by the Porcupine Health Unit this afternoon.
Five of the cases are in Timmins and seven are in the James and Hudson Bay region.
The exposure of 11 cases is under investigation and one person is the contact of a case.
To date, there have been 1,151 confirmed cases of the virus in the region since the start of the pandemic.
As of Friday, 709 were recovered and 26 people have died. While the health unit announces new confirmed cases on the weekends, the number of recoveries is not reported.
There are COVID-19 assessment centres in Timmins, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Matheson, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Hearst, and Hornepayne, as well as communities on the James Bay coast.
The Porcupine Health Unit COVID-19 information line can be reached at 705-360-4819 or 1-800-461-1818.
There is a provincial shutdown and stay-at-home order in effect until at least June 2.
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