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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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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
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NWHU Active COVID Cases Drop Over Weekend

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The Northwestern Health Unit says there is one new case of COVID-19 in the region since their last update on Friday morning.

It’s one of the five total active cases within their catchment area and comes from the Rainy River district.

All of the active cases, including one hospitalization, are currently in the Rainy River health hub.

Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kit Young Hoon says the health unit is continuing to monitor the COVID-19 situation in the Emo area, following an outbreak at Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program and SonShine Christian Kindergarten.

The regional health authority tells us that they’ve now administered 125,255 doses of vaccine to date.

“Our vaccination coverage rate is getting higher,” says Dr. Kit Young Hoon. “Of those in our region aged 12 and older 87.5 per-cent have had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while nearly 81 per-cent have had two doses. We do continue to offer COVID-19 vaccine appointments in many of our communities.”

Dr. Young Hoon stresses it’s important that anyone who has symptoms of COVID-19 gets tested, even if the symptom is mild.

Provincially, the number for one dose is 87.1 per-cent while the two-dose rate sits at 82.4 per-cent.

To the east, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit is also reporting one new case.

Christine Elliott, Ontario’s Health Minister, says there are 390 new cases Monday across Ontario. Just under 67 per-cent of those (260) are people who are either not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccine status.

(With Files From Sarah McCarthy)

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Active Cases Static Despite New Results

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The Northwestern Health Unit says that even though there are four new cases of COVID-19 within their catchment area as of Thursday morning, the number of active cases remains at eight where it was Wednesday.

Two of the new cases are from the Rainy River district, while there is one new case in each of the Kenora and Sioux Lookout regions.

When it comes to the active cases, there are four in the Rainy River area, two in Dryden/Red Lake, one in Kenora and one in Sioux Lookout.

To date, the Health Unit tells us that there have been 1,153 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region since the pandemic began.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit sees another day with no new cases.

Across Ontario, Health Minister Christine Elliott says that there are 677 new cases. She adds that 529 of the cases, or just over 78 per-cent, are in people who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccine status.

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No New Cases Reported By NWHU

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The Northwestern Health Unit says they have no new cases of COVID-19 to report Tuesday morning.

They tell us that there are currently nine active cases within their catchment area; six in the Rainy River district and three in the Dryden/Red Lake area.

Since the start of the pandemic, the NWHU has administered 113,707 COVID-19 swabs with a test positivity rate of 1.01 per-cent.

On the vaccine front, they say that a total of 119,690 shots have gone into arms.

That translates to 85 per-cent of the 12+ population with at least one dose and 76.7 per-cent with two doses.

Taking a step back and looking at the provincial numbers, Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 574 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday across Ontario. Of those, 434 (75.6 per-cent) are in people who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccine status.

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NWHU Adds New COVID-19 Case

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

As has been the case the past few days, the new case comes from the Rainy River district.

The regional health authority tells us that there are currently three active cases across their catchment area; two in the Rainy River region and one in the Kenora hub.

To the east Thunder Bay marked their 15th day in a row without a new case.

Meanwhile Ontario reported 185 new cases province-wide and seven COVID related deaths.

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Two New Cases Added By NWHU

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For the first time since July 2nd, the Northwestern Health Unit is reporting two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday morning.

Both of the new cases come from the Rainy River district and are part of the three active cases across the NWHU catchment area.

The third active case comes from the Kenora health hub.

A total of 104,814 doses of vaccine have been administered to date, with 79.7 per-cent of all those 18+ here in the northwest having received at least one shot and 67.4 per-cent fully vaccinated.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit had no new cases to report Tuesday with no active cases remaining.

Across Ontario, there are 127 new cases and two COVID related deaths.

Over 8 million Ontarians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Ontario/Manitoba Boundary Now Open

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The Ontario-Manitoba boundary has reopened despite some continued worrying numbers to the west of us.

Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford says the decision was made with trust in mind.

“This has always been about good faith and people’s personal, individual responsibilities to do the right thing,” says Rickford, “There are safety protocols in place here in northwestern Ontario and across the entire province.”

He tells us many on the Manitoba side have been anxiously awaiting the move for a while.

“There’s obviously an urgency by Manitoba folks, many who’ve been vaccinated, who want to check up on their property, get work done and enjoy Lake of the Woods. They’ll know when they come here (that) they have to be safe.”

Rickford adds that he hopes any Manitobans who visit will keep safety top of mind.

“We have the potential to be compromised much faster by an outbreak. We’ve worked hard to have low numbers, and hopefully we can just enjoy and celebrate the family, friends and fellowship of the people of Manitoba and that everyone will be safe in enjoying what we have here.”

The current test positivity rate in Manitoba is 10.6%, which is just under five times the 2.3% here in Ontario.

The boundary first closed to non-essential travel on April 19.

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NWHU Adds 10 New Cases

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The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting ten new cases of COVID-19 Monday morning.

They tell us that both the Kenora and Rainy River health hubs are reporting four new cases, while there is one each in the Dryden and Emo areas.

The regional health authority says there are currently 75 active cases within their catchment area. That number is down from the 90 reported on Sunday.

33 of the active cases are in the Kenora area, 20 in the Fort Frances region, eight in the Sioux Lookout health hub, five each in Rainy River and Emo, two in the Dryden area and one each in Red Lake and Atikokan.

The number of hospitalizations are also down from three on Sunday to one on Monday.

The test positivity rate for the week of April 26th to May 2nd was 3.10 per-cent, down from the 3.25 pe-cent for April 19th to 25th.

To date, the positivity rate 1.05 per-cent since the start of the pandemic. That number is up from the 0.99 per-cent reported on Sunday.

28,732 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, which translates to 48 per-cent of the NWHU population 18 and over and 30 per-cent of the entire population.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit continues to see its numbers go down.

That region recorded 9 new positives today, but the number of actives has dropped to 48.

Ontario reports 3,436 positives and 16 COVID related deaths.

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NWHU Adds Nine New Cases

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Nine new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus are being reported Monday afternoon by the Northwestern Health Unit.

Three of the new cases are in the Dryden health hub, while they are reporting two new cases each in the Sioux Lookout, Kenora and Emo areas.

As is the procedure, follow-up is now underway with the cases as well as their close contacts. If you are a known close contact of a confirmed case, the NWHU says they will contact you directly.

There are currently 47 active cases across the Northwestern Health Unit’s catchment area, which is down from the 63 active cases reported on Sunday.

Unfortunately, the NWHU is reporting one COVID-19 related death since Friday’s numbers were released.

The test positivity rate within the health unit since the start of the pandemic sits at 0.89 per-cent.