Confirmed cases of COVID-19 On First Nations reserves, as of September 23 Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is aware of:

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On First Nations reserves, as of September 23 Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is aware of:

39,608 confirmed positive COVID-19
1,846 active cases
1,822 hospitalizations
37,528 recovered cases
417 deaths

Case numbers per region:

British Columbia: 4,189
Alberta: 11,308
Saskatchewan: 10,628
Manitoba: 9,448
Ontario: 3,209
Quebec: 961
Atlantic: 48

Provincial chief public health officers work with ISC’s regional medical officers and nurses to provide medical support as needed when a positive case is reported.

As of September 14:

the rate of reported active cases of COVID-19 in First Nations people living on-reserve was going down since mid-January 2021 and reached its lowest point during the first week of August at 84.2 per 100,000. Since then, it started to rise again and is currently 372.1 per 100,000 or 3.3 times the respective rate in the general Canadian population
the COVID-19 case fatality rate among First Nations people living on a reserve is 61% of the case fatality rate in the general Canadian population
94% of First Nations people living on a reserve who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered

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