The Northwestern Health Unit is confirming 2 new positive COVID-19 cases in the Rainy River District region.
At the same time, the health unit has declared an outbreak at the Pathways Atelier Day Care in Fort Frances.
The facility has been closed and the NWHU is working with the day care to minimize the impact of the outbreak.
An outbreak in a day care is declared when there is one or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 associated with the facility.
It is not known if the cases announced Wednesday are linked with the day care outbreak.
Follow up with the persons involved and their contacts has started according to protocol.
Anyone who is identified as a contact for these cases will be contacted directly.
There are 40 active cases in the health unit’s catchment area.
