The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting 256 new cases of COVID-19.
Since their last update on Friday, there are 104 new cases in the Kenora Health Hub Area, 96 in the Sioux Lookout Hub, 23 in the Fort Frances Hub, 21 new cases in the Dryden area, there are four each in the Red Lake and Emo Hubs and two each in the Rainy River and Atikokan Hub areas.
This brings the region’s total active case count to 410 and nine people remain hospitalized for COVID-19.
Total active cases by health hub:
Kenora Hub – 162
Sioux Lookout Hub – 157
Dryden Hub – 31
Red Lake Hub – 28
Fort Frances Hub- 23
Emo Hub – 4
Atikokan Hub – 3
Rainy River – 2
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is reporting 306 new cases. Active cases not available at time of publishing.
Across Ontario there are over 13 thousand cases, but not all infected individuals are being tested due to new eligibility requirements.
In hospitals across the province there are approximately 1,232 people with infections and 248 are in the ICU.
1,232 people are hospitalized with #COVID19. Please note that not all hospitals report on weekends.
There are 248 people are in ICU with COVID-19. The seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 related patients in ICU is 210.
There are 13,578 new cases of #COVID19.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 3, 2022
