The territorial government is&nbsp;reporting a 13th death in the N.W.T., the first since the Omicron outbreak began.

"My condolences to the family &amp; community of the deceased," Health Minister Julie Green wrote in a&nbsp;Tweet&nbsp;Monday.&nbsp;

The first update to the territorial numbers since the weekend also shows there have been five hospitalizations since Friday, while the number of active cases dropped from 1,356 on Friday to 1,266 Monday, a drop of 90.&nbsp;

Weekend <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NWT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NWT</a> update on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> is here <a href="https://t.co/iqeocFX5m1">https://t.co/iqeocFX5m1</a> We've had 5 additional hospitalizations &amp; 1 additional death. My condolences to the family &amp; community of the deceased. The sliver of good news is that our total cases have fallen to 1266 active cases <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19NT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19NT</a>

Public health officials have emphasised that&nbsp;case counts may not reflect the actual number of cases, in part because some people with COVID-19 may not have been tested, or may not have reported results from home testing kits.&nbsp;

The Omicon variant also appears to lead to fewer severe outcomes, especially for those who are vaccinated, but experts 

Omicron may be less severe than Delta, WHO says, but don't call it 'mild'

The more infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to produce less severe disease than the globally dominant Delta strain, but should not be categorized as "mild," World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Thursday.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a worker wearing a protective suit collects a throat swab sample at a COVID-19 testing site in Xi'an in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. China on Wednesday ordered millions of people locked down in neighborhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi'an following a spike in coronavirus cases. (Li Yibo/Xinhua via AP)

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WHO officials have warned of a 'tsunami' of cases as global infections soar to records, even thought the Omicron variant appears to cause less severe illness.

Stanton Territorial Hospital viewed over Yellowknife's Frame Lake. The N.W.T. reported another death due to COVID-19 Monday, the first since Omicron became the dominant variant in the territory. 

First COVID-19 death reported in N.W.T. since Omicron outbreak began

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