The active case count is now up to 152 in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit.

Officials report 89 new cases over the Christmas weekend with 34 obtained from someone else who had the virus, 12 from travel outside of Northwestern Ontario and 39 other case causes pending.

In the schools, eight active cases within Lakehead Public Schools and one in the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board.

9,418 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario with 480 patients in the hospital, 176 in the Intensive Care Unit.