The Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of a new positive COVID-19 test result in the Kenora area.
Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact for this case will be contacted directly.
For reasons of privacy, the health unit doesn’t release or comment on information about the location of COVID-19 test results.
Health officials recommends that everyone assume the coronavirus is in their community and practise preventive measures like physical distancing, wearing a mask in enclosed public spaces and when physical distancing is a challenge, good hand hygiene, and not touching their face. Anyone who has symptoms, or who has been in contact with a positive case, should self-isolate and get tested.
