Provincial health officials announced the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in the Northern Health Region (NHR) that the region has seen in weeks. The district last reported a number that low when 10 new cases were found Feb. 7, the lowest number seen since Jan. 3, where only three new cases were reported throughout the north. The NHR currently has 577 active cases of COVID-19, down from 586 reported Tuesday.
Most of the new cases were reported in the current hardest-hit district in the NHR, the Cross Lake-Pimicikamak district. Canadian Armed Forces personnel landed in Cross Lake Feb. 23 to assist in shutting down the outbreak, which has led to a full lockdown throughout Cross Lake and Pimicikamak Cree Nation. There are now 221 active cases throughout the district.