The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting three new cases of COVID-19 within their catchment area.
They say that there is one from each of the Kenora, Dryden/Red Lake and Sioux Lookout regions.
All of the new cases seem to be as a result of travel.
“A lot of what’s happening is that there’s exposure to a higher risk area, so there’s some type of travel or someone whos traveled from a higher risk area,” explains Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kit Young Hoon.” This has led to a bit of spread locally and because of households interacting, there’s a cluster of individuals.”
Despite the new cases, and the fact that there have now been 500 confirmed cases since the pandemic began, there is good news.
According to the NWHU website, the number of active cases has gone down from 48 to 44, while the number of recovered cases has gone up from 450 to 456.
