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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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Outbreak Reported At Kenora No Frills

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A workplace outbreak has been reported in the Kenora health hub area.

The Northwestern Health Unit says three of the active cases came from employees at the No Frills grocery store in Kenora.

They say that despite the positive results, the risk to customers is low as long as proper precautions (such as physical distancing and mask-wearing) were followed.

Despite that, they do tell us that everyone who has been in the store over the past two weeks (since April 15th) should self-monitor for symptoms. If you develop symptoms, you need to self-isolate and get tested.

As is the procedure with all positive test results, the NWHU says that all close contacts of the three cases have already been contacted and have been told to self-isolate.

The regional health authority adds that they will provide more information if they believe the outbreak presents an increased risk to the community.

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Nine Positive COVID-19 Cases In The Region

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A better day for COVID-19 results in the region.

But the Northwestern Health Unit says there were still nine positive cases.

Five of those came in the Sioux Lookout region and four in the Kenora area.

Follow up with the persons involved and their contacts has started according to protocol.

Anyone who is identified as a contact for these cases will be contacted directly.

COVID-19 cases are gradually declining with 20 new cases in the Thunder Bay District.

That makes 362 active cases in the District, after the area spent nearly two weeks with over 400 active infections earlier this month.

Cases are trending upward again province-wide, as Ontario reports 1,791 people testing positive. It’s the province’s third day in a row with more than 1,700 new cases.