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99 new COVID-19 cases in NWT since Wednesday, four more hospitalizations

Keven Dow
By Keven Dow

There have been 99 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the territory since September 29th.

There are now 334 active cases among residents in the territory. 219 of those are in Yellowknife, while 100 are in Behchokǫ.

The total number of cases related to the Sahtu outbreak is at 1039. A total of 680 cases have been resolved from the outbreak.

The total number of hospitalizations related to this outbreak has gone up to 33, with 68% of them not being fully vaccinated.

The number of ICU admissions has also gone up and is now at 13.

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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