The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab in a 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO-NIAID-RML, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

By The Canadian Press

Posted Jan 22, 2021 10:19:05 AM.

Last Updated Jan 22, 2021 10:26:14 AM.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):

9:42 a.m.

Nunavut is reporting one new COVID-19 case in Arviat, the community of about 2,800 that saw the territory’s largest outbreak with 222 cases.

It’s the first new case of COVID-19 in the territory since Dec. 28.

The territory’s chief public health officer says the positive result was found in follow-up testing after the outbreak.

Dr. Michael Patterson says there is no evidence of community transmission at this time.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan 21, 2021.

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