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Ottawa Public Health reports 156 new cases and no new deaths on Thursday.
Ontario reported 3,295 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday as a provincewide stay-at-home came into effect.
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It is the seventh time in eight days the province has topped 3,000 cases a day, with the highest number of new cases coming in Toronto with 933, Peel with 649 and York with 386 and Durham with 165.
Ottawa added 160 new cases, according to figures tweeted Thursday morning by Health Minister Christine Elliott. The province’s data often differs from the number reported later in the day by Ottawa Public Health, which pulls its data at a different time of day.
State of Emergency declared; stay-at-home order issued April 7, 2021 at 15 h 09 min Reading time: 1 min 30 s
By Nick Seebruch Ontario Premier Doug Ford during a press conference on Wednesday, April 8, 2021.
ONTARIO – In a special announcement made on Wednesday, April 7 Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that he was announcing a State of Emergency and issuing a province wide stay-at-home order effective at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, April 8.
The announcement was made in response to growing rates of infection of the COVID-19 virus and its variants as well as increasing cases of hospitalization.
Ford stated that rates of hospitalization are exceeding the most dire projections of health experts.
Posted: Apr 07, 2021 1:22 PM ET | Last Updated: April 7
The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board wants Hamilton Public Health to explain why it s not shutting down in-person learning.(Bobby Hristova/CBC)
Hamilton s medical officer of health says she ll tell the directors of local school boards this afternoon to prepare students and teachers to stay home for online learning after the spring break.
What this would look like and who it would involve will depend on the stay-at-home order, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson said. As community cases go up and down, school cases do too.
She ll decide sometime next week whether to issue a section 22 order telling schools to switch to full online learning.
Posted: Apr 07, 2021 2:12 PM ET | Last Updated: April 7
Christine Somerville, 52, is a custodian for District School Board of Niagara. Staff at Niagara schools can get vaccinated for COVID-19 starting Saturday.(Supplied by Christine Somerville)
Christine Somerville couldn t help but celebrate when she found out she and other Niagara school employees will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccinate as soon as Saturday. I feel fabulous, the 52-year-old custodian said on Tuesday. I was doing a happy dance around my home today.
Niagara s COVID-19 vaccination task force said Tuesday that it will give shots to elementary and secondary school workers. The team cited risk factors that include the disruption of in-person learning, and the need to continue programs such as school meals to mental health supports.