Posted: Apr 23, 2021 8:41 AM CT | Last Updated: April 23 Nunavut's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson gave an update Friday on COVID-19 in the territory.(Jackie McKay/CBC News) Nunavut announced nine new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, of which two are in Kinngait and seven are in Iqaluit, bringing the respective case numbers to four in Kinngait and 33 in Iqaluit. There were also eight recoveries, which means the total case count for the territory is 37. People are considered recovered from COVID-19 once they've met two criteria: one is that at least 10 days have passed since they developed symptoms or received a positive test, the other is that they have been symptom-free for a minimum of 24 hours.