The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Five are from the Kenora region, while there is one each from the Sioux Lookout and Dryden/Red Lake regions.
The NWHU says that follow-up with close contacts is now underway and that if you are a close contact they will contact you directly.
Despite the new cases, the Health Unit says that as of Wednesday morning there are 39 active cases in their catchment area. That number is down from the 41 reported on Tuesday.
Of those cases, 23 are in the Kenora area, 15 in the Sioux Lookout region and one in Dryden/Red Lake.
Since the start of the pandemic there have been 71,708 tests conducted for the NWHU, with 71,221 (99.32 per-cent) coming back as negative.
From the 487 confirmed cases, 448 are considered resolved.


