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Six new COVID-19 cases, 75 resolved 

Keven Dow
By Keven Dow

There are six new cases of COVID-19 in the NWT since August 26th. 

Three of the new cases are Yellowknife while the other three are in Colville Lake.

This means the total number of cases related to the Sahtu outbreak has increased to 271. 

A first batch of cases related to the outbreak have now been resolved.

75 cases were resolved today. There remains 192 active cases related to the outbreak.

Five hospitalizations have been associated with this outbreak. There has been nine total since the start of the pandemic.

The Chief Public Health Officer says there is a low level of community transmission in Yellowknife where links to outbreak clusters or cases cannot be ascertained. 

“We are monitoring the situation carefully,” she adds.

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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