Almost 24k NWT residents fully vaccinated

The GNWT says as of June 1st, 61% of the NWT is fully vaccinated with 68% being partially vaccinated.

23,922 residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, up almost 600 from this time last week.

29,579 first doses have also been delivered to NWT residents, up over 650 from last week.

There are currently four active cases in the NWT, all belonging to non-residents. Three of them are workers related to the outbreak at Ekati and one of them is a worker at Diavik.

Since the pandemic began, there have been 168 total cases of COVID-19 in the NWT with 120 of them belonging to NWT residents.

100 of the cases were in Yellowknife, eight of them in Fort Smith, seven of them in the Dehcho region, four of them in the Beaufort Delta region and one in Hay River.

Keven Dow
Keven Dow
News. Keven moved here from Ontario in November of 2018. As of December Keven is back to doing full-time news after transitioning into a news/mid-days position in late 2019. Prior to that, he was doing weekends/news for about 8-9 months. He's from a small tomato town in Ontario and went to College at Fanshawe for Radio Broadcasting. He loves talking about sports, entertainment, the community, and local events. Got a news tip? Email me at [email protected]

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