The province’s Stay At Home order impacting the Kenora-Rainy River region ends today.
The most recent outbreaks of COVID-19 in the Kenora area should not impact that.
There are 66 active cases in Wabaseemoong Independent Nation, near Kenora.
Another 80 people are still waiting for their test results.
The community has been in a full lockdown since last Wednesday night.
No one is allowed in or out of the community except for emergency reasons.
Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford says up until this point, we’ve been doing relatively well.
“This did come up in the conversation with my Ministry and the Medical Officer of Health,” explains Rickford. “People should understand the colour that we are in on the framework is a function of a collection of data over a couple of weeks. Up until this outbreak, Kenora had been, at times, green.”
The region is now in the Yellow, or Protect level.
“We’re committed to keeping (Kenora-Rainy River) in Yellow. We would have to see a significant spike. I can’t tell you what that might be in order to change, but that is not what we’re considering at this point in time at all,” says Rickford.
The Kenora area saw 51 new cases of COVID-19 over the long weekend. There were none in the Rainy River district.
One cases in the Rainy River district reported last week was taken off the data list because the person is isolating in another jurisdiction.
Provincewide, there were 981 new cases reported yesterday with 42 related deaths.
In Minnesota, new cases reached 611 with two deaths.
There were no new cases in Koochiching County. Two new ones were identified in Lake of the Woods County.
(With files from Tim Davidson/89.5 The Lake)
