Yellowknife COVID-19 count continues to grow, Behchokǫ̀ count on the decline
CBC
On Friday evening N.W.T. health officials announced 45 new cases of COVID-19 in the territory, with the active case count now standing at 456.
There are now 281 active cases in the Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilǫ region (up from 272 cases Thursday), and 152 in Behchokǫ̀ (down from 163 cases Thursday).
"In Yellowknife, COVID-19 infections are occurring in a variety of workplaces, in day homes and in retail stores," states Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola in a press release. Kandola added that most cases of COVID-19 are no longer linked to "the outbreak in the underhoused population in Yellowknife."
"This is community transmission and the impacts are being felt in all demographics within Yellowknife," she stated.
Health officials discourage any travel between Yellowknife and other communities, except for essential reasons, and remind people to obey public health orders already in place. This is to prevent the territory's health care system from being overwhelmed, and to protect others.
Public health orders limiting gatherings remain in effect in Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilǫ until Oct. 17, and in Behchokǫ until Oct. 18.
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