The local COVID test positivity rate is now below 30 per cent.
The latest update from the Northwestern Health Unit shows the current 7-day positivity rate is 26.1%.
There are 233 cases considered high-risk in the region.
There are two active institutional outbreaks.
Regional breakdown (Health Hubs):
Sioux Lookout: 133
Fort Frances: 54
Kenora: 30
Dryden: 9
Red Lake: 3
Rainy River: 2
Atikokan: 1
Emo: 1
The Thunder Bay District is reporting 115 new cases and 242 ongoing cases of the virus.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is treating nine of their 49 patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
Meantime, there are 849 people in hospital across Ontario with the virus, 279 of those patients are in the ICU.
