Health Unit/CKDR Archives It’s been one year since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the Northwestern Health Unit’s catchment area. Today, there are six more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of positive cases to 591. There are two each in the Dryden, Sioux Lookout and Kenora areas. Overall, there are 61 active cases in the region. 39 of those are in the Kenora area, 17 in the Sioux Lookout region, three in the Dryden area and one each in Atikokan and Fort Frances areas. Meanwhile, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit is reporting an increase in the number of new coronavirus cases.