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Dr. Catherine Elliott
Seven new COVID-19 cases reported
Dr. Catherine Elliott, the Yukon’s acting chief medical officer of health, is reporting seven confirmed new cases of COVID-19 from noon last Friday through noon Monday.
Dr. Catherine Elliott, the Yukon’s acting chief medical officer of health, is reporting seven confirmed new cases of COVID-19 from noon last Friday through noon Monday.
The short statement released by the Yukon government does not indicate if any of the cases are of the Delta variant, which arrived in the territory earlier this month.
The number of active cases is currently at 41.
One of the seven cases is in Whitehorse. Six cases are in rural Yukon.
Since June 1, 635 people have recovered and six people have died.
A total of eight Yukoners have died from COVID-19 since November 2020. None of the people who have died in the Yukon were fully vaccinated.
“The office of the chief medical officer of health continues to monitor daily activity, and as active cases and daily case counts have stabilized, information bulletins will be issued on Monday, Wednesday and Friday,” the statement said.
“The number of cases will continue to be updated Monday through Friday online.”
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Comments (10)
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TheHammer on Aug 25, 2021 at 8:59 pm
Scarier than COVID is the mind set of people making the comments.
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Gilles Fortin on Aug 25, 2021 at 10:25 am
"Gordon of Riverdale on Aug 24, 2021 at 3:30 pm"
YEP - and Manitoba and Quebec
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Tu Shi, here's some hope on Aug 25, 2021 at 10:07 am
Vaccines for respiratory infections are meant to prevent spread and serious inflammation, not to eradicate. See www.lung.org for information about vaccines and respiratory infections (whooping cough, tuberculosis for example). And Covid-19
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Harry on Aug 24, 2021 at 11:00 pm
Breaking news! George got a haircut, Jeanne bought a new dress, little Jimmy has a cold.....it’s gonna rain tomorrow, snow is forecast for mid October, Johnny shot a nice moose on the Pelly, grayling are biting at the waterfalls.
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Pesky Facks on Aug 24, 2021 at 6:23 pm
Scott Gottlieb, an American physician and investor who served as the 23rd commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 2017 until April 2019. Now he is a member of the board of directors at Pfizer.
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Neville on Aug 24, 2021 at 4:38 pm
Glad I finally gave up my anti vax ways and got my vaccine.
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Tu Shi on Aug 24, 2021 at 4:01 pm
80 percent of Yukon residents are fully vaccinated with last year's vaccine. The vaccine was developed when there was no delta variant. There has never been a respiratory virus that has been eradicated from human existence by a vaccine ie. common cold or flu. Dr. Catherine Elliot, Sandy Silver et all, please name a respiratory virus that has been banished from human existence by a vaccine. Give us hope. Thank you.
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Gordon of Riverdale on Aug 24, 2021 at 3:30 pm
So - when can I get my "Yukon vaccine passport" so I can travel to B.C. ?
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Matthew on Aug 24, 2021 at 3:06 pm
8 dead.. 8/45,000.. no where near enough to scare anyone, as 8 have died in car accidents I'm sure this year already. Better all stop driving cars..
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Bill on Aug 24, 2021 at 2:59 pm
Quit - enough, or do you even care about the psychological impact your are having on people ? I guess not...