Nunavut’s health minister is pleading with residents of Arviat, where a COVID-19 outbreak continued to grow Friday, to stay home.Lorne Kusugak said if people living in Arviat follow isolation rules, the outbreak could be over in two weeks.The community of about 2,800 on the western edge of Hudson Bay is under a full lockdown, with schools and businesses closed and travel restricted.
It is the only community in Nunavut with active infections.Sixteen new cases were announced Friday, bringing the total number of active cases there to 56.