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NWHU Reports New COVID-19 Case

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For the first time since Friday, and only the second time in the month of June, the Northwestern Health Unit is reporting a new confirmed case of COVID-19.

They tell us that the case comes from the Dryden health hub and is part of the four active cases they are currently monitoring.

The regional health authority now says two of the active cases are in the Kenora hub, while the fourth is in the Sioux Lookout area.

To date, the NWHU says they’ve administered 60,347 doses of vaccine.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit reports one new case and 60 actives.

Ontario recorded 469 new cases, the lowest number since September 26th.

There were 18 COVID-related deaths.

The province reports 70.3% of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.

That meets the 70% threshold for Stage 2 in Ontario’s reopening.

However, the government has stated it will reopen the province in three week intervals.

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NWHU: No Change In COVID-19 Situation

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For the third day in a row, and the seventh day in the past ten, the Northwestern Health Unit says they have no new cases of COVID-19 to report.

The NWHU says that the number of active cases remains at three, with two in the Sioux Lookout hub and one in the Kenora area.

59,186 doses of vaccine have been administered by the regional health authority to date, which translates to 69.9 per-cent of all eligible people in the Northwestern Health Unit’s catchment area having received at least one dose.

The Fort Frances hub leads the way with 74.3 per-cent, followed by Dryden (74.1), Atikokan (73.7) and Kenora (70.8).

The Red Lake health hub has the lowest vaccine rate at 48.3 per-cent.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is reporting 10 new positives today, 6 come from area First Nations.

There are 67 active cases right now.

Ontario saw numbers go down once again with 525 new cases.

There were 15 COVID-related deaths.

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NWHU Reports One New Case Friday

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The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting one new confirmed case of COVID-19 Friday morning.

The case, which comes from the Sioux Lookout health hub, is the first case reported by the NWHU since May 30.

The regional health authority says they are currently monitoring three active cases, which is down from the six active cases reported on Thursday.

Two of those cases are in the Sioux Lookout area while the other comes from the Kenora hub.

The health unit says that to date they’ve administered 56,946 doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit continues to see a slight uptick with 21 new positives and 75 actives.

There were 914 cases across the province as well as 19 COVID related deaths.

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NWHU Responds To Vaccine Announcement

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Being able to mix COVID-19 vaccines gives the Northwestern Health Unit more flexibility.

Medical Officer of Health Doctor Kit Young Hoon says that’s especially good for those who had AstraZeneca for their first dose.

“Because of the concerns related to the vaccine-induced blood clots,” says Doctor Young Hoon, “clients are given the option of considering a different vaccine for their second dose.”

She explains that just because they can doesn’t mean that they will.

“We would be aiming to provide the same vaccine (they got for their first dose) if it is available (and) at this time, both Pfizer and Moderna are available in the region.”

Doctor Young Hoon adds that should supply issues arise it’s nice to know they have the option to mix vaccines.

“We now know that the option is there. Because both (Pfizer and Moderna) are mRNA vaccines, it makes them interchangeable if we need to use the other one.”

To date, the Northwestern Health Unit has administered 55,564 doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

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NWHU: No New Cases For Third Day

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For the third day in a row, the Northwestern Health Unit says they have no new cases of COIVD-19 to report within their catchment area.

They tell us that like Tuesday they are monitoring ten active cases; seven in the Kenora health hub, two in Sioux Lookout and one in Atikokan.

The NWHU says that the test positivity rate for the week of May 24-30 was at 0.82 per-cent, down from the 1.35 per-cent reported for the week before.

Overall, the regional health authority says the test positivity rate since the start of the pandemic is down to 1.09 per-cent.

On the vaccine front 52,892 doses have been administered to date. That works out to 63 per-cent of the eligible 12+ population, or 55 per-cent of the entire population, that have received at least one dose.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit recorded four new cases Wednesday and the active case count is 52.

Ontario recorded 733 new cases and the 7-day average is now below 1,000 for the first time in months.

There were 25 COVID-related deaths.

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NWHU Reports No New Cases

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The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 within their catchment area Monday morning.

Monday marks the fifth time during the month of May that no new cases were reported.

The NWHU says there are currently 12 active cases of the novel coronavirus, down from the 21 active cases reported on Sunday.

There are no more active cases in the Dryden Health Hub and only two in the Sioux Lookout district.

The Thunder Bay District has seen an uptick in cases with 17 new ones the past two days.

The numbers in Ontario are at the lowest level they’ve been since February 17.

There were 916 new cases today and 13 COVID-related deaths.

 

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One New Cases Added By NWHU

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The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting one new case of COVID-19 within their catchment area Friday morning.

That new case, which comes from the Kenora health hub, is part of the 18 active cases they are currently monitoring. That number is down from the 21 active cases reported by the NWHU on Thursday.

13 of the active cases from the Kenora hub, four from the Sioux Lookout area and one from the Atikokan region.

The ten new cases of the novel coronavirus reported between Monday (May 24th) and Friday (May 28th) are the lowest recorded over a five-day work week since at least the beginning of March.

A total of 49,460 doses of vaccine have been administered to date within the Northwestern Health Unit’s catchment area.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit recorded an uptick in new positives with 18 today.

That brings the active case count to 33.

Ontario recorded 1,273 new cases and 14 COVID-related deaths.

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NWHU Reports No New COVID Cases

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For the third time in the past week, and the fourth time this month, the Northwestern Health Unit did not have any new COVID-19 cases to report on Thursday.

As it stands now, the Northwestern Health Unit is monitoring a total of 21 active cases in their catchment area.

They tell us that there are 13 active cases in the Kenora hub, five near Sioux Lookout, two in the Dryden area and one in the Atikokan hub.

The NWHU says 48,569 doses of vaccine have been administered, which works out to 57.1 per-cent of the eligible population (12+) and 44 per-cent of the entire population.

To date there have been 1,061 cases of the novel coronavirus in the health unit’s catchment area with 1,040, or 98.02 per-cent, marked as resolved.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit reports four new cases of the virus, putting their active count at 20.

Meanwhile Ontario recorded 1,135 new cases and 19 COVID related deaths.

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NWHU Adds Six New Cases

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Six new cases of COVID-19 are being reported by the Northwestern Health Unit Wednesday morning.

They tell us that five come from the Kenora health hub and one from the Sioux Lookout region.

The new case brings the weekly new case total up to 12 and the active case count up to 23.

15 of the current active cases come from the Kenora region, five from the Sioux Lookout hub, two from Dryden and one from Atikokan.

The regional health authority also reports that the number of hospitalizations due to COIVD-19 are up from one to two.

The NWHU says 47,214 doses of vaccine have been administered to date with 57.1 per-cent of all eligible (12+) in the catchment area having received at least one dose.

There was only one new case in the Thunder Bay Health Unit’s catchment area today bringing the active case count to 17, it’s lowest level since early November.

Ontario as a whole records just over 11 hundred new cases and 23 COVID related deaths.

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NWHU Adds Three New Cases Tuesday

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The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting three new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday.

All three of the new cases come from the Kenora Health Hub and are part of the 19 active cases being monitored by the regional health authority.

The number is down from the 29 active cases reported on Monday.

Ten of the active cases from the Kenora area, six from the Sioux Lookout hub, two from Dryden and one from Atikokan.

On the vaccine front, the Northwestern Health Unit reports 45,882 doses administered, which translates to 57.1% of the entire 12+ population and 44% of the entire population.

The Dryden area leads the region with a 64.3% vaccinated, followed by the Kenora (62.6%) and Fort Frances (60.6%).

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit reports 4 new and 24 active cases.

The number in Ontario was at its lowest level since March 6 with 1,039 cases today.

There were 1,446 holiday Monday.

The province reports 41 COVID-related deaths over the past two days.

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