WHITEHORSE -- Yukon health officials are reporting nine new cases of COVID-19.
In a news release Thursday, acting chief medical officer of health Dr. Jesse Kancir says two of the cases are out-of-territory residents diagnosed in Yukon, three are from rural Yukon and four are from Whitehorse.
He says the territory has seen 645 cases since the start of the pandemic while 585 of them have been since an outbreak started June 1.
Yukon has recorded six COVID-19-related deaths, five of them were unvaccinated and one was partially vaccinated.
Premier Sandy Silver has said more than 80 per cent of the eligible population in the territory is now fully vaccinated.
The Yukon government has lifted a series of public health restrictions, including that self-isolation after domestic travel is no longer needed for those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated, while bars and restaurants have returned to full capacity.
