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  • #16
    Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/nunavu...ions-1.5213268

    Nunavut COVID-19 lockdown lifts Wednesday, Arviat still under restrictions
    The Canadian Press
    Published Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:36AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, December 2, 2020 3:37PM EST

    IQALUIT, NUNAVUT -- Nunavut's two-week lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 was lifted in almost all communities Wednesday as the territory had more recovered than active cases for the first time.

    Schools, businesses and workplaces were allowed to reopen, except in Arviat, which had 65 active cases. The coastal community on the western edge of Hudson Bay is to remain shut down for at least two more weeks.

    Nunavut had 80 active infections Wednesday and 113 recovered cases for a total of 193. There were 11 new cases -- all in Arviat. The territory had not had any cases at all until early November.

    Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut's chief public health officer, said his team hadn't yet determined if community transmission in Arviat is ongoing...

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    • #17
      Source: https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/articl...es-in-nunavut/

      Nunavut has five new COVID-19 cases, the territorial government said in a news release on Thursday.
      All of them are Arviat, the territory’s hardest-hit community, which now counts 68 active cases of the virus. (File image) COVID-19 3 December 2020 – 2:29 pm EST

      Five new COVID-19 cases in Nunavut All of Rankin Inlet’s cases have now recovered, government says By Nunatsiaq News The Government of Nunavut announced five new cases of COVID-19 in the territory on Thursday. All of them are in Arrviat, the territory’s hardest-hit community, which now counts 68 active cases of the virus. But the GN also delivered some good news: all the COVID-19 cases in Rankin Inlet have recovered...

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      • #18
        Source: https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/articl...-over-weekend/

        COVID-19 6 December 2020 – 4:43 pm EST
        Nunavut COVID-19 count climbs by 10 over weekend

        Arviat accounts for new cases as territory continues to recover
        By Nunatsiaq News

        The Government of Nunavut reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the territory over the weekend — eight on Saturday and two more on Sunday.

        All of the new cases are in Arviat, the territory’s hardest-hit community, which now counts 46 active cases of the virus.

        As of Dec. 6, Arviat, which has a population of about 3,000, has seen 174 COVD-19 cases confirmed...

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        • #19
          Source: https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/articl...top-doc-warns/


          COVID-19 17 December 2020 – 2:36 pm EST
          COVID-19 vaccine’s not a cure, Nunavut’s top doc warns
          Territory reports one new case
          By Jim Bell

          The impending arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t mean Nunavummiut can relax and let their guards down in the fight against the potentially fatal coronavirus, Dr. Michael Patterson, the chief public health officer, says.

          Nunavut’s Health Department reported only one new case of COVID-19 Thursday. Counting recoveries, there are now 37 active cases in Nunavut, all in hard-hit Arviat.

          But Patterson warned COVID-19 poses a long-term threat and that the arrival of the vaccine should be seen as a first step in a long journey.

          “It is not a cure, but the best defence we have so far,” he said....

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          • #20
            Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/corona...d-19-1.5239253

            Nunavut reports first deaths linked to COVID-19
            Ryan Flanagan
            CTVNews.ca Writer
            Published Sunday, December 20, 2020 11:24AM EST

            TORONTO -- Nunavut, the territory that had made international headlines for keeping COVID-19 out through the spring and summer, has reported its first deaths linked to the disease.

            Premier Joe Savikataaq announced Sunday that two male Nunavut residents had died on Saturday.

            One was a Rankin Inlet resident who contracted the virus outside Nunavut, Savikataaq said, while the other was an Arviat resident who had been airlifted to a hospital outside the territory after "developing complications related to COVID-19."...

            ...There have been 259 COVID-19 cases confirmed in the territory over the past 44 days. Virus activity in Nunavut has been declining, with only 12 cases reported in the past week, nine of them on Monday. The number of active cases in Nunavut had dwindled to 34 as of Friday...

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