COVID-19

Six people are currently in local hospitals with COVID-19 says the Northwestern Health Unit. This is down from the 12 hospitalizations that were listed on Friday.

The current 7-day per cent positivity rate is listed as 23.4 per cent.

The NWHU says currently there are:

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created a bit of a shortfall at Kenora Catholic this year.

During their monthly board meeting last week, trustees with the Kenora Catholic District School Board took a look at their updated 2021-2022 financial statements, as well as received an update on enrollment and new COVID-19 safety measures.

It was thought that by the end of quadmester 2, KPDSB schools may be able to return to the semester format, however, after recent advisement from the NWHU, plans have changed.  

In a recent interview, Sherri-Lynne Pharand, Director of Education for the Keewatin Patricia District School Board, confirmed that KPDSB schools will not be switching back to the semester structure for the duration of the school year at the recommendation of the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU).  

After a month and a half away from the Dog Pound, the Dryden GM Ice Dogs will be making their return as recreational facilities are scheduled to open on January 31, 2022.

This exciting news comes after the province laid out its three-step plan to gradually lift public health measures starting next Monday (January 31, 2022).

Ice Dogs president, Mike Sveinson said the return to play is great news not only to the staff but to the players as well.

Alberta reported 8,503 new cases since Friday.

Friday there were 4,069, Saturday 2,633, and Sunday 1,801. 

Hospitalizations increased by 113 admissions to a total of 1,304. 

ICU admissions increased by one to 108. 

The death toll in the province is at 3,470.

The active case count dropped to 55,685. 

Due to website issues, regional numbers were not updated on Monday, January 24, and Cochrane's active case count remains at 432 and Rocky View County is at 541. 

Public health officials advise 23 new deaths in people with COVID-19 are being reported today:

There are close to 50 people in intensive care with COVID-19.

Hospitalizations continue to rise in Manitoba as Monday morning's dashboard is showing. There are 716 people in the hospital, with 650 of those patients having active cases. This is an increase of 52 people. The province says there was a 0.3 per cent decrease in hospitalization last week.

There are 49 people in intensive care; 44 of those patients have active cases. This is a decrease of one patient. The province says there was an overall 8.1 per cent increase in intensive care patients last week.

Canada’s annual pace of inflation climbed in December to its highest rate since 1991 up to 4.8 per cent.

Driving the faster pace of price growth in December were higher year-over-year prices for food, passenger vehicles, and housing.

Kenora MP, Eric Melillo said it’s very interesting that the prices rising the fastest are on goods that are produced right here in Canada.

“Like beef, pork, even natural gas, which is all-seeing inflations rates of their own well over 10 per cent,” Melillo said.

The provincial government reported three more deaths linked to COVID-19 Saturday afternoon. There have now been 972 deaths linked to COVID since the start of the pandemic.

There were also 1,483 lab-confirmed cases included in the update, with a test positivity rate of 32.3 percent. There were 29 more people in hospital with COVID-19, for a total of 244. Of those, 26 were in ICU, an increase of three.

The latest COVID-19 numbers are in. 

In the past day, 3,592 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the province with a 34 per cent positivity rate. There are 61,615 known active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta.   

Currently, 1,191 people are in hospital with COVID-19, including 107 in intensive care.