The Northwestern Health Unit has received reports of five new positive test results for COVID-19.
Three of the five are in the Sioux Lookout Health Hub region, there’s one new case in the Dryden Health Hub region and one in the Kenora Health Hub region
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.
This brings the total active cases in the NWHU region to 35, with 16 in the Sioux Lookout hub, 10 in the Kenora region and 9 in the Dryden area.
To date, the health unit has administered 9,402 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
The Thunder Bay District reports 25 new cases Tuesday, 4 more coronavirus related deaths and 199 active cases.
Officials say 51 individuals have lost their lives since the start of the pandemic.
As for the province, Ontario confirms 2,336 new cases and 14 deaths.
