Eight of the new northern cases announced Monday came from the Island Lake health district, while two were from Thompson and one each were from the Sayisi Dene/Tadoule/Barren Lands/Brochet/Northlands/Lac Brochet and The Pas/Opaskwayak/Kelsey health districts. There have now been 4,149 positive tests for COVID-19 in the Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) since the pandemic began. 718 of those cases are currently considered active. Public health was able to recategorize a number of cases previously listed as active as closed over the weekend, leading to the number of active cases in the province and in the north dropping by half. Close to half of all active cases in the province are still in the NRHA.