Over 1,000 cases of COVID-19 recovered in Nunavut this wave – Nunatsiaq News
The number of Nunavummiut who have recovered from a COVID-19 infection during the Omicron wave of the virus surpassed 1,000 on Thursday, according to an update Premier P.J. Akeeagok on Twitter.
A total of 337 confirmed cases were still considered active.
The case count is trending downwards, with about 200 fewer cases reported on Thursday than three days prior, when it reached 540 on Feb. 7.
That record-breaking tally quickly dropped to the 300-range when some recoveries were added up.
With delays in recording cases and recoveries across the territory, limited testing and now, changes in contact tracing, the daily case counts published by the territorial government do not reflect how many people actually have COVID-19 in Nunavut, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson has said.
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