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Seven New Cases of COVID-19

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The Northwestern Health Unit confirms seven more cases of COVID-19 in the region.

Three of the cases are in the Fort Frances Health hub while two are in the Kenora area and two in the Sioux Lookout region.

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.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit does not release COVID-19 numbers on Sundays.

In Ontario as a whole there are 3,732 positive cases of COVID-19 today.

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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.

 

 

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Another Day Of Double Digit COVID-19 Cases

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The Northwestern Health Unit has received 10 new reports of COVID-19 in the region.

There were six new positive tests results in the Kenora region and four new positive test results in the Sioux Lookout region.

There were 10 cases as well yesterday.

Follow up with the persons involved and their contacts has started and anyone who is identified as a contact for these cases will be notified directly.

Meanwhile there are 40 new cases of COVID-19 in the Thunder Bay District, with a total of 437 active infections.

One more person is now being treated at the regional health sciences centre.

Another 49 people are considered resolved.

Ontario’s seeing 1,747 new cases, which Health Minister Christine Elliott explains is higher than expected as they catch up on older data.

She says they don’t currently know how many of those cases are left over from previous days.

(With Files from Colin Redston/Thunder Bay)
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Third Straight Day of Double Digit COVID-19 Cases

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Northwestern Health Unit has received reports of 10 new cases of COVID-19.

There were six positive COVID-19 test results in the Sioux Lookout region, two new positive test results in the Kenora region, and two new positive test results in the Dryden / Red Lake region.

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.

The COVID-19 surge continues with 43 new cases in the Thunder Bay District.

The Health Unit is reporting that another 32 people are no longer testing positive, putting the district at 446 active cases.

The new cases in the district include 20 people who caught the virus within their own household and one person in the Walford Retirement Home outbreak.

There are a total of 1,468 new cases across the province.

(With Files From Colin Redston/Thunder Bay)