Region reports 34 new COVID cases, another death Thursday 29 outbreaks remain active It raises the local total to 10,870. There has also been another COVID-related death, a man in his 60s who lived at a congregate setting currently in outbreak, raising the death toll to 229. The number of people being treated in hospital remains unchanged at 42, eight are in intensive care. Here are some other updates from the region's dashboard: 129 cases have screened positive for variants of concern - 11 are the U.K. strain - lineage to the other 118 has not been determined yet The active caseload is down to 391 10,237 resolved cases (94 per cent)