OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health reported 242 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, the highest one-day case count in the capital during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is one new death linked to COVID-19. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, 2020, there have been 19,030 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 471 deaths. Ottawa s positivity rate increased to 9.2 per cent for the period of April 2 to 8 from 8.8 per cent. Ottawa s weekly incidence rate is now 146 cases per 100,000 people. The number of cases involving variants of concern increased to 1,623 cases in Ottawa on Friday from 613 on Thursday. Public health reported a sixth death linked to variants of concern in the capital.
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Premier Doug Ford got his long-awaited vaccine shot in the arm as new daily cases of the virus climbed to 4,277, the second highest recorded in the pandemic.
Despite concerns expressed around the world and in Canada about the safety of AstraZeneca and some evidence of the vaccine being related to blood clots, Ford received his jab at an Etobicoke pharmacy.
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The premier received his shot on the second day of the state of emergency stay-at-home order that went into effect Thursday.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health reported 242 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, the highest one-day case count in the capital during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city also set records for hospitalizations and positivity rate on Friday. The surging numbers prompted the city’s medical officer of health to issue a rallying cry to Ottawa residents, saying the city has reached a key point in the COVID-19 “marathon.” “We are tired. We’re fatigued. We want this to be over. And this is the point in our COVID marathon where we’re hitting the wall,” Dr. Vera Etches told reporters Friday. “This is our defining moment. It’s a moment where we’ve got to break through that wall.
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The Hastings and Prince Edward Counties board of health has voted against earlier vaccination of teachers noting it doesn’t have the authority to override provincial guidelines.
After exiting a closed session of the board Wednesday, a new business item was brought forward in response to a letter received by the City of Quinte West council from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), the health unit said in a press release.
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