A person has died from COVID-19 in our region for a second straight day.
Huron Perth Public Health updated their data Thursday morning with the death toll now at 57.
An HPPH representative says the death was that of a community member and it wasn’t connected to any ongoing outbreaks.
It’s the fifth COVID-19 related death that HPPH has reported this month.
There are six new cases of the virus in the area with three in Perth East, two in West Perth and one in Stratford.
There are 77 active cases, up two from Wednesday, with 44 active cases associated with variants of concern.
