The Nunavik Regional Health and Social Services Board reported 30 new positive COVID-19 tests on Monday, bringing the region’s total to 259 active cases, according to Nunatsiaq News.

“The COVID-19 situation in Nunavik is serious,” a Facebook posting by the health board states. “It is worse than it has ever been compared to all of Quebec since the pandemic started.”

The health board has also stated that 80 per cent of the people who have tested positive were “not adequately vaccinated.”