Health authorities in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec have confirmed three new cases of the coronavirus known as COVID-19, in the northern village of Puvirnituq. The Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services confirmed the cases in a news release posted to their Facebook page Sunday night. "The patients are not in critical condition," the release reads. On March 28, health authorities confirmed a case had been identified in an unspecified community that was later confirmed by police to be Salluit. "Avoid visiting friends and family members in close spaces at all cost," the release reads.

Source: CBC News April 05, 2020 23:46 UTC