Over the past week, the daily case count has bounced between the mid-4000s and mid-3000s, with the seven-day average now sitting at 4,051.
Taylor Blewett
Colin Roberts received his vaccine from University of Ottawa medical student Richard Nadj Saturday morning. Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth along with a group of medical students set up Jabapalooza, a vaccine clinic in the Glebe Saturday, April 24, 2021. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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Ontario reported 3,947 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.
Over the past week, the daily case count has bounced between the mid-4,000s and mid-3,000s, with the seven-day average now sitting at 4,051.
The number of active cases, provincewide, has declined from a pandemic-high of nearly 43,000 earlier this week, now totalling 41,157.
The hardest hit areas of the province, in terms of active cases, are currently Peel (636 cases per 100,000), Toronto (475), Niagara Region (358), York Region (357), and Ottawa (325).
Of new cases reported by the province Sunday, 209 were in Ottawa, 31 in Eastern Ontario, 12 in Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington, 11 in Renfrew County and District, and 10 in Leeds, Grenville & Lanark.
The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital across the province decreased by 151, to a total of 2,126, while those in intensive care continued to climb, with 851 patients now in ICU beds (up 18 in the last day). Ontario added 24 additional COVID-19 deaths Sunday to the total number of lives lost, bringing that total to 7,911.
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Nearly 100,000 vaccines were administered across the province Saturday (a drop from daily totals over 120,000 and 130,000 the previous few days), with more than 4.6 million doses now administered in Ontario.
Ottawa Public Health reported 227 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and two additional deaths. (OPH numbers can vary from the provincial figures because the two collect information at different times.)
Over the previous seven days, a total of 1,649 new cases were reported (an average of 235 daily).
The number of active cases in the city has been on the decline, from a peak of 3,690 on April 16. There are now 2,787 active cases city-wide.
In hospitals, there are 104 local COVID-19 patients, with 25 in ICU. The number of Ottawa residents hospitalized with the disease has fallen in recent days.
On the vaccination front, 29 per cent of Ottawas population (over the age of 16) has now received at least one dose.
QUEBEC COVID-19 UPDATES
Quebec reported 1,014 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday.
A total of 344,808 infections have now been confirmed in the province since the first one was reported in February of 2020.
Quebec also announced that nine more fatalities had been attributed to the virus, bringing the provinces death toll to 10,878.
The number of hospitalizations due decreased for the fourth consecutive day, this time dropping by eight to 654. Of those patients, 165 are in intensive care a decrease of 16.
CORONAVIRUS NEWS AND UPDATES FROM ACROSS CANADA
Canadians avoiding hotel quarantines for air travellers fuel taxi boom on U.S. border
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U.S. taxi and limousine services are seeing a boom in business from customers seeking to enter Canada by land to avoid a restriction on international travel that applies only to air traffic.
While both Canadian land and air travellers are required to take a test within three days of departure, and again on arrival, only those flying to Canada must spend up to three days of the countrys 14-day required quarantine period in a hotel.
That has led to a surge of calls for taxi and limousine services from Canadians who fly through U.S. airports in states like New York and then cross over the land border
Future nurses, doctors want lessons from pandemic to create better health-care system
Sang Hee Baek started nursing school at the University of Toronto last fall as the second wave of the pandemic was putting health-care staff in parts of the country through an endurance test, making her wonder if shed made the right career choice.
Nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists and others working with COVID-19 patients were becoming physically and mentally exhausted as some hospitals filled up, deaths climbed and vaccines were not yet a reality.
I was worried a little bit, 30-year-old Baek said, recalling the questions she asked herself: Am I making the choice at the right time or am I not knowing enough to enter this profession and solely relying on my passion?
Shed applied to nursing school in her last year of a life sciences degree after connecting with community health nurses working with marginalized people, including deaf and hard of hearing adolescents who faced challenges making an appointment to see a family doctor.
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COVID-19 cases spike in Nova Scotia, while other hot spots show signs of improvement
Nova Scotia hit a new single-day record number of COVID-19 cases Sunday, even as there were hints that Canadas two biggest provinces are making fragile progress in the fight against the pandemic.
Nova Scotia reported 63 new cases of COVID-19 today, which is the highest number since the pandemic began.
Premier Iain Rankin took to Twitter to urge residents to get tested for the virus in order to protect their families and communities.
While the virus appears to be gaining steam out east, the news was more positive in two of Canadas biggest hot spots.
VACCINE UPDATES
As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks.
The military commander handling logistics for Canadas vaccine distribution program says there will be enough vaccine delivered to give a first dose before Canada Day to every adult who wants one.
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin says thats if provinces follow the advice to delay second doses up to four months.
He also cautions that it is dependent on having no production delays again. Health Canada anticipates a total of 36.5 million doses from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India by June 30. Most Canadian provinces have suspended use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in people under age 55, acting on an advisory committees concerns about a possible link between the shot and rare blood clots. However, Ontario and Alberta have lowered the age eligibility to those 40 and older.
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There are approximately 31 million Canadians over 16, and no vaccines are approved for anyone younger than 16.
WORLDWIDE COVID-19 NEWS
At least 82 die in Baghdad COVID hospital fire
A fire sparked by an oxygen tank explosion killed at least 82 people and injured 110 at a hospital in Baghdad that had been equipped to house COVID-19 patients, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
We urgently need to review safety measures at all hospitals to prevent such a painful incident from happening in future, spokesman Khalid al-Muhanna told state television, announcing the toll.
The fire erupted on Saturday at the Ibn Khatib hospital in the Diyala Bridge area.
India coronavirus cases set new global record, U.S. readies help
India set a new global record of the most number of coronavirus infections in a day, as the United States said it was racing to send help to the country.
Indias number of cases surged by 349,691 in the past 24 hours, the fourth straight day of record peaks, and hospitals in Delhi and across the country are turning away patients after running out of medical oxygen and beds.
Our hearts go out to the Indian people in the midst of the horrific COVID-19 outbreak. We are working closely with our partners in the Indian government, and we will rapidly deploy additional support to the people of India and Indias health care heroes, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on twitter.
Italy reports 217 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, 13,158 new cases
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Italy reported 217 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday against 322 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 13,158 from 13,817.
Italy has registered 119,238 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the seventh-highest in the world.
The country has reported 3.96 million cases to date.
UK says COVID cases down 4.6% in past week
Britain reported 1,712 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, government data showed, meaning there were 17,063 new cases between April 19 and 25, a fall of 4.6% compared with the previous seven days.
A further 11 people were reported as having died within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19, taking the seven-day decrease to 12.6%.
COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination in Ottawa
Updated information on COVID-19 testing: www.ottawatestingupdate.ca/
Ontario vaccination portal: covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine
Provincial call centre: 1-888-999-6488. The Vaccine Information Line is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is capable of providing assistance in 300 languages.
Vaccine eligibility in Ottawa: Vaccine eligibility screening tool, from Ottawa Public Health https://vers.powerappsportals.com/en-US/
To find a pharmacy vaccine: Eligible adults aged 40 and over who are interested in getting vaccinated via pharmacy can visit ontario.ca/pharmacycovidvaccine to find a participating locations. Contact the pharmacy directly to ask if theyre offering appointments, walk-in vaccination or both.
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COVID-19 BY THE NUMBERS
Ottawa
227: New confirmed cases
23,313: Total cases
2: New deaths
490: Total deaths
104: In hospital
25: In ICU
1,649: New cases reported in previous seven days
10.9: Per cent testing positivity rate
0.86: Seven-day R(t) number
4,415: Cases where mutations/variants of concern were identified
15: VOC-related deaths
Vaccines (as of Friday)
274,215: First vaccine doses
28,686: Second vaccine doses
302,901: Total administered
307,470: Total received to date
Ontario
3,947: New confirmed cases
445,351: Total cases
24: New deaths
7,911: Total deaths
2,126: In hospital
851: In ICU
596: On ventilators
46,694: Tests
8.7: Per cent positivity rate in COVID-19 testing
99,535: Vaccines Saturday
4.6 million: Total vaccines administered (as of 8 p.m. Saturday.)
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- ‘It’s a tsunami’: Indian hospitals turn away COVID-19 patients as country sets global single-day record
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