The Island Lake health district had the most new cases in the north on Tuesday, with 24, followed by the Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/God’s River/God’s Lake health district with seven, Sayisi Dene/Tadoule/Barren Lands/Brochet/Northlands/Lac Brochet health district with six, the Thompson/Mystery Lake health district with five and The Pas/Opaskwayak/Kelsey health district with four. There are 701 active cases in the north, according to the provincial government’s online dashboard, with three health districts – Bunibonibee, Island Lake and Shamattawa/York Factory/Tataskweyak/Split Lake – accounting for 500 of those cases There are 1,601 cases in the north and the number of northerners hospitalized due to the virus increased to 31 on Tuesday, with two of those receiving intensive care. Across the province, 311 people were in hospital being treated for active COVID-19 infections, 44 of them in intensive care.