May, June and July saw no confirmed new cases of the virus anywhere in Northern Manitoba. There was one in August and 14 in September, which saw multiple cases reported in the Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) on the same day for the first time, including seven family members testing positive in York Landing, in what might be considered the start of the north’s second wave of infections, or even the real beginning of the first. The number of northern infections increased more than tenfold in October, to 198 total cases, then continued rising – to 800 in November, 1,133 in December and 1,833 in January before dropping to 968 in February and 1,047 in March.