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N.W.T. reports new COVID-19 demise, extends restrictions in Hay River and okátł'odeeche First Nation

a sign on the side of a snow covered field: The number of active COVID-19 cases in Hay River and Kátł'odeeche First Nation dropped on Friday, but the N.W.T.'s chief public health officer said in a statement that the outbreak in those communities is 'not yet contained or under control.' © Jimmy Thomson/CBC The variety of lively COVID-19 situations in Hay River and Kátł'odeeche First Nation dropped on Friday, however the N.W.T.'s chief public fitness officer talked about in an announcement that the outbreak in these communities is 'no longer yet contained or under handle.'

a further grownup has died of COVID-19 in the N.W.T., and gathering restrictions are being prolonged for one other two weeks in Hay River and Kátł'odeeche First Nation (KFN) in keeping with public health officials on Friday. 

a pandemic in those two communities is "no longer yet contained or beneath manage," the office of the manager Public health Officer (OCPHO) referred to in a statement. "There continues to be high-quality COVID-19 infections happening without a clear chain of transmission indicating neighborhood unfold is happening," it persisted. 

A 14-day public health order restricting gatherings in Hay River and a 14-day containment order for KFN were set to run out on Nov. 2. Now, they'll last except eleven:fifty nine p.m. on Nov. 14. 

Eleven americans across the territory have now died of COVID-19.

the total number of lively cases, meanwhile, dropped for the fifth day in a row. On Friday, the territory stated 161 active cases of the virus, which is down from 186 circumstances on Thursday. cases have been dropping frequently due to the fact that they hit a peak of 460 on Oct. 7. 

4 of these 161 energetic cases, spoke of the OCPHO, had been new as of Friday. 

In Hay River and KFN, there are now 57 lively circumstances of COVID-19 in comparison to 64 on Thursday. In Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilǫ, there are now fifty three situations, in comparison to sixty three situations on Thursday and seventy four on Wednesday. 

In Behchokǫ, there are now 40 instances, compared to forty nine on Thursday.

there's a new case of COVID-19 in Inuvik, where the energetic case count is now at eight. In Łutsel kʼe, there are three cases of the virus — which is unchanged from Thursday. 

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