The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting a new positive case of COVID-19.
The latest comes from the Sioux Lookout area.
Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started and anyone identified will be notified directly.
For privacy reasons health officials don’t release specific information.
There have been 74 reported cases in the region since the pandemic started.
The Health Unit recommends that everyone assume COVID-19 is in their community and practice preventive measures like physical distancing, wearing a mask in enclosed public spaces and when physical distancing is a challenge, good hand hygiene, and not touching their face.
Anyone who has symptoms, or who has been in contact with a positive case, should self-isolate and get tested.
