The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for Wednesday, April 14, 2021
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Apr 14, 2021 at 10:44 am EDT
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):
10:35 a.m.
Ontario is reporting 4,156 cases of COVID-19 and 28 more deaths linked to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 1,254 new cases in Toronto, 593 in Peel Region, and 476 in York Region.
She also says there are 340 new cases in Ottawa and 248 in Durham Region.
The ministry of health says that 642 people are in intensive care.
Ontario says that more than 112,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered since Tuesday’s report.
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In a first since the beginning of the pandemic, Canada now has more new COVID-19 cases per capita than the U.S.
Over the last seven days, there have been about 22 new recorded cases per 100,000 people in the country.
A graph from Our World in Data, which collects global COVID-19 statistics from Johns Hopkins University, shows that on Friday, April 9, Canada overtook the U.S. The trend continued through April 12, which was the last time the data was updated.
Ontario has been hit the hardest with hospitals being increasingly overwhelmed, especially in Toronto. On Monday, the province announced its hospitals would start ramping down elective surgeries and non-urgent procedures to ensure they have the capacity to treat more COVID-19 patients.
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Two health networks in Toronto say shortages of COVID-19 vaccine are forcing them to limit or close immunization clinics.
Scarborough Health Network says it will be closing its Centennial College and Centenary hospital clinics today.
University Health Network says it has had to pause registration for appointments for adults over 18 who qualify for vaccination based on their postal code.
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A vial of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dose is shown at a facility in Milton, Ont., on March 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carlos Osorio - POOL April 14, 2021 - 2:28 PM
Ontario blamed a vaccine shortage in some areas on a delayed shipment Wednesday as Ottawa pledged to keep pumping out Oxford-AstraZeneca shots following a safety review that found the product s benefits far outweigh its rare risks.
Some immunization clinics in Ontario were forced to close their doors or cancel appointments due to what Premier Doug Ford said was a thrice-delayed shipment of the Moderna shot. We were expecting the shipments to come in, but unfortunately we never ended up getting them, Ford said. .You can t plan properly if you don t know the flow of the product coming in through your production lines.
Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown says he has been “inundated” with calls and emails from factories in Peel Region eager to set up on-site vaccination clinics and is urging the province to boost allocations of COVID-19 vaccine to Ontario’s hot spots.