May 4, 2021
23 of the city’s 132 total cases are under 18
Youth account for almost one out of every five cases of COVID-19 in Iqaluit.
To date in the city, there have been 132 cases of the virus, including recoveries; 23 of those have been under the age of 18.
Last week, Nunavut’s chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, had confirmed that there had been at least one positive case, but fewer than five, involving residents younger than 18.
Explaining the quick change, Patterson said at a news conference on Tuesday that Iqaluit’s COVID cases initially had spread from adult to adult, at places like essential worksites, but now they’re beginning to see household transmission.
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