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COVID-19 Numbers Dropping Again In The Region

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Cases of COVID in our region are down.

The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting a total of 149 cases confirmed through PCR testing in the past week.

There were 236 last week.

Most are in remote areas of the region, overseen by the Sioux Lookout Health Authority.

There are 15 other cases in the Dryden area and ten around the Kenora region.

The test positivity rate is also dropping from 17.7 per cent last week to 15.8.

There remain three declared outbreaks, two are in the Fort Frances area.

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Health Unit Concerned With Increase In COVID Cases

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The Northwestern Health Unit says it’s notice a significant rise in COVID-19 case numbers in the past couple of weeks.

The seven day positivity rates stands at 17.3 percent, up from 12.8 percent last week.

There are also 315 active high risk cases, an increase from 236 last week and 135 the week before.

The Health Unit says while most of the cases are on first nations in the Sioux Lookout Health Hub, the increase and related impacts are being felt in many communities in the region.

Dr. Kit Young Hoon says cases they are seeing are showing more severe infection, leading to an increase in hospitalizations.

She encourages masking indoors, enhanced hand hygiene and keeping up to date with vaccinations.

Active High Risk Cases:

Atikokan: 3

Dryden: 20

Emo: 2

Fort Frances: 9

Kenora: 10

Rainy River: 1

Red Lake: 3

Sioux Lookout (on reserve): 189

Sioux Lookout (off reserve): 3

 

 

 

 

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Positivity Rate Rising Slightly

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One leap forward, two leaps back.

That seems to be what’s happening to our COVID-19 rates in the region.

The seven-day positivity rate has increased to 17.8 per cent, up from 16.1 per cent earlier in the week.

The one bit of positive news is that the number of active high-risk cases dropped to 240, down from 259 in Wednesday’s report from the Northwestern Health Unit.

Local Health Hub Active Resolved Total
Atikokan 1 110 111
Dryden 11 541 552
Emo 0 201 201
Fort Frances 8 1,146 1,154
Kenora 24 1,539 1,563
Rainy River 2 229 231
Red Lake 8 233 241
Sioux Lookout
(on reserve)		 182 2,023 2,205
Sioux Lookout
(off reserve)		 4 466 470
Other 0 5 5
TOTALS 240 6,493 6,733