The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has confirmed two more positive cases of COVID-19 in the region. According to the public health agency, one case is in Dryden and the other is in Sioux Lookout.

"We are currently doing follow-up as per protocols, including the identification and quarantine of any contacts," reads a statement posted to the NWHU facebook page on Thursday.

Thunder Bay health unit confirms 2nd COVID-19 case in city; young adult who returned from U.S.A.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) announced Saturday it has received a report of a second confirmed case of COVID-19 in the region, but although also travel-related it is not connected to the city’s first positive result.

A health care worker speaks to a test patient, a staff member portraying the role of a patient to ensure the assessment systems are working, at an assessment table as they prepare for the opening of the COVID-19 Assessment Centre at Brewer Park Arena in Ottawa, during a media tour on Friday, March 13, 2020. The assessment centre, operated by The Ottawa Hospital and CHEO, is an out-of-hospital clinic where people can be assessed and tested for COVID-19 if required. 

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The Thunder Bay District Health Unit announced Saturday that a second person in the city has tested positive for COVID-19.  The individual, who is in their 20s, was self-isolating after returning from a trip to the U.S.A.  Health officials said this second case is not related to the other positive case announced Friday. 

Northwestern Health Unit reports travel-related case of COVID-19 in Rainy River District

The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) announced Friday afternoon it has received a positive COVID-19 test result from the Rainy River Assessment Centre.

A swab used for a COVID-19 test. Murphy says she's concerned that she was told she didn't need to be retested for COVID-19 after completing her period of self-isolation. 

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Regional COVID-19 results were updated on Thursday to reflect the two new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the NWHU region to five.

In one of the cases that was reported in the NWHU area, that person has a primary residence in southern Ontario and has not been to the NWHU region since contracting the virus while travelling internationally.​​ The two other cases are in Fort Frances and Rainy River.

Thunder Bay District Health Unit confirms first case of COVID-19 in the city

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU), has confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in the TBDHU region. According to the public health agency, a male in his sixties who resides in Thunder Bay has tested positive for the virus.

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit says a man in his 70s has died of COVID-19, the third such death in Ontario.

Coronavirus

A man in his 60s, who lives in Thunder Bay, is the first person in the city to test positive for COVID-19, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit announced Friday March 27. 

Fort Frances, Ont., confirms first case of COVID-19 in northwestern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario has its first confirmed case of COVID-19.

The Northwestern Health Unit has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 in its catchment area. One is in Dryden, the other in Sioux Lookout.

Northwestern Health Unit

The Northwestern Health Unit has confirmed a case of COVID-19 in Fort Frances, Ont.

As of Thursday, the NWHU has reported 182 COVID-19 tests have come back negative, while 168 are still pending.

The public health agency is expected to give more detail on the two new confirmed COVID-19 cases this afternoon.

The NWHU catchment area covers communities&nbsp;such as Kenora, Dryden, Atikokan, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, Ignace, Rainy River, Emo, and Fort Frances.

Northwestern Health unit confirms cases of COVID-19 in Dryden and Sioux Lookout

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