For the third day in a row, the Northwestern Health Unit says they have no new cases of COIVD-19 to report within their catchment area.

They tell us that like Tuesday they are monitoring ten active cases; seven in the Kenora health hub, two in Sioux Lookout and one in Atikokan.

The NWHU says that the test positivity rate for the week of May 24-30 was at 0.82 per-cent, down from the 1.35 per-cent reported for the week before.

Overall, the regional health authority says the test positivity rate since the start of the pandemic is down to 1.09 per-cent.

On the vaccine front 52,892 doses have been administered to date. That works out to 63 per-cent of the eligible 12+ population, or 55 per-cent of the entire population, that have received at least one dose.