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As Ontario announced the province’s third stay-at-home order and state of emergency, 48 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed within the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region on Wednesday afternoon.
The provincial measures will go into effect starting at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday. For more information, see related coverage.
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Of the 48 new cases within the EOHU posted Wednesday, 18 are in Cornwall, four in the northern portion of Akwesasne, one in South Glengarry, two in North Glengarry, four in South Stormont, two in North Stormont, one in South Dundas, two in Casselman, three in The Nation, six in Hawkesbury, and one in Alfred & Plantagenet. The health unit removed one case from the running total in East Hawkesbury. The overall running total of confirmed cases now sits at 3,614.
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“We’re seeing a slow increase across the province,” said the Eastern Ontario Health Unit medical officer of health Paul Roumeliotis.
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit statistics page updated just after 2 p.m. indicated seven new active cases of COVID-19 in the catchment area, a small increase since Thursday, compared to the double-digit increases seen every day this week. Five of those cases were reported in Cornwall. There are now 292 active cases in the region, down 10 from Thursday, and the cumulative count since mid-March is at 1,171.
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