Vaccination Rate

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.

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.