It’s been one year since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the Northwestern Health Unit’s catchment area.
Today, there are six more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of positive cases to 591.
There are two each in the Dryden, Sioux Lookout and Kenora areas.
Overall, there are 61 active cases in the region.
39 of those are in the Kenora area, 17 in the Sioux Lookout region, three in the Dryden area and one each in Atikokan and Fort Frances areas.
Meanwhile, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit is reporting an increase in the number of new coronavirus cases.
Health officials report one more death associated with the virus and 68 new cases, which puts their active case count up to 424.
Wednesday’s death marks the 39th COVID-19 death in the Thunder Bay District.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre reports nine of the 41 patients that are being treated for the virus are in the intensive care unit.
In Ontario there are 1,508 new cases and 14 deaths.
(With Files From Kevin Jefferey/Thunder Bay)
