Youth under 18 now account for more than 17 per cent of all COVID cases in Iqaluit. Nunavut’s chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, says children must follow the same rules as everybody else, including not mixing with people from outside of their household. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
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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.
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