COVID-19

9commentsCOVID-19  May 11, 2021

Iqaluit records highest single-day COVID-19 increase since outbreak began

14 new cases reported in the capital

14commentsCOVID-19  May 10, 2021

Stopping Iqaluit’s COVID-19 spread is top concern: Patterson

‘We’re still seeing gatherings, we’re still seeing people visiting, going from house to house,’ Nunavut’s top doctor says

14commentsCOVID-19  May 9, 2021

Iqaluit Elders’ Home residents transferred as staff isolates due to COVID-19 exposure

‘Once the outbreak is over and staffing permits, residents will be able to return,’ Health Department spokesperson says

2commentsCOVID-19  May 8, 2021

Iqaluit’s COVID-19 caseload continues to fall

74 active cases reported as 7 new cases are offset by 8 recoveries reported Saturday

1commentsCOVID-19  May 7, 2021

Iqaluit sees largest single-day drop in COVID-19 cases

10 recoveries and one new case reported in Nunavut’s capital on Friday

41commentsCOVID-19  May 6, 2021

Social gatherings now the main cause of COVID-19 spread in Iqaluit

‘These activities put people at risk and will extend the outbreak if they continue,’ Patterson says

0commentsCOVID-19  May 6, 2021

Half of Nunavik’s adults now protected against COVID-19, officials estimate

‘We still want to reach herd immunity. We need to increase the vaccination coverage,’ Nunavik’s public health director says

29commentsCOVID-19  May 6, 2021

Mary River mine site, road and port closure will be hard on local hunters: HTO

Closure adds delays to hunters travelling to their traditional hunting areas, says Mittimatalik Hunters and Trappers Organization

1commentsCOVID-19  May 5, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak forces Baffinland to suspend Mary River mine operations

All non-essential workers are being sent home, company says; union says there are 30 presumptive cases

0commentsCOVID-19  May 5, 2021

5 new cases of COVID-19 counted in Nunavut’s capital

Territory’s active case count now at 82, 80 of which are in Iqaluit

29commentsCOVID-19  May 4, 2021

Nearly 1 in 5 of Iqaluit’s COVID-19 cases are youth

23 of the city’s 132 total cases are under 18

45commentsCOVID-19  May 4, 2021

Gov’t has struggled to support those in isolation hubs, emails show

Department of Health documents detail hospitalizations, a knife attack, harassment of hub staff

38commentsCOVID-19  May 3, 2021

Iqaluit declares state of emergency

81 active cases now in Nunavut capital, low-barrier shelter shuttered

11commentsCOVID-19  May 3, 2021

Nunavut suspends common travel area with N.W.T.

‘Anyone travelling to Nunavut from the N.W.T. must isolate at the designated isolation hub in Yellowknife,’ Patterson says

5commentsCOVID-19  May 2, 2021

Nunavut government reports COVID-19 outbreak at Baffinland’s Mary River mine

9 positive cases confirmed, ‘the risk to Nunavummiut in nearby communities is low,’ Patterson says

18commentsCOVID-19  May 2, 2021

Nunavut’s COVID-19 tally rises to 80 active cases

11 new cases, four recoveries reported in Iqaluit on Sunday; Kinngait and Rankin Inlet hold steady with 2 cases each

14commentsCOVID-19  May 1, 2021

Active COVID-19 cases in Nunavut hit 73

Iqaluit caseload rises by 8 to reach 69; two people recover in Kinngait

6commentsCOVID-19  Apr 30, 2021

COVID-19 cases discovered in Iqaluit jails, medical boarding home

Community transmission confirmed in the capital

3commentsCOVID-19  Apr 30, 2021

Rankin Inlet’s spring festival scales back to a residents-only event

With COVID-19 risks, ‘council wanted to hold the event as safely as possible,’ SAO says

17commentsCOVID-19  Apr 29, 2021

Nunavut COVID-19 cases continue steady climb, now at 61

12 new cases being reported on Thursday tie highest single-day increase of territory’s current outbreak

0commentsCOVID-19  Apr 29, 2021

KIA’s compassionate and bereavement travel curtailed

Only applications for travel within Kitikmeot communities accepted

10commentsCOVID-19  Apr 28, 2021

Nearly half of adults in Nunavut now fully vaccinated

‘The vaccine works and we want everybody to get it,’ says Dr. Patterson

0commentsCOVID-19  Apr 28, 2021

COVID-19 grounds QIA’s compassionate and bereavement travel programs

“We will ensure that all existing travellers get home safely,” says QIA spokesperson

1commentsCOVID-19  Apr 27, 2021

Iqaluit COVID-19 cases climb to 45

8 new cases and 5 recoveries reported Tuesday in capital city

2commentsCOVID-19  Apr 27, 2021

N.W.T. issues COVID-19 exposure notice for Saturday flight from Edmonton

Canadian North 5T244 landed in Yellowknife, where travellers connect to Nunavut