Hastings Prince Edward Public Health reporting eighth death linked to COVID-19 91x.fm - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 91x.fm Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Here are just some of the new changes in place today.
Outdoor gatherings will be limited to members of your household only
All playgrounds, golf courses, soccer fields and other recreational sites will be closed.
Non-essential construction will be prohibited
Capacity in big box stores will be reduced to 25 per cent
A maximum of 10 people indoors will be allowed to gather for weddings, funerals and religious services.
Police have also been granted new powers to day to stop people and ask if they are only making essential trip. A debate that has stirred up many discussion online today.
Kingston Police Service has join police in Peterborough, Barrie, Kawartha Lakes and a number of other police services in Ontario by issuing statements to their communities.
Ontario introduces new measures as stay-at-home order is extended 91x.fm - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 91x.fm Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ontario reported a new record high number in daily COVID-19 cases today.
Health Minister Christine Elliot says the province has 4,736 new cases.
Ontario’s COVID-19 science advisory table adds that variants make up of about 65 percent of all the new cases right now. There are 1,932 COVID-19 patients in hospital, with 659 of those people in ICUs. The province says that roughly 442 are on a ventilator.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health added an additional 20 COVID-19 cases to the list today, with 22 recoveries. There are now a total of 148 active cases, a number that’s been dropping for the last couple of days. There are 13 people being treated in hospital with the virus, with five in ICU and one on a ventilator.
Posted: Apr 16, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 16
A nurse with Toronto s Humber River Hospital prepares doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. CBC News contacted all 34 Ontario public health units to ask how many doses were wasted in March and why, as vaccination capacity ramped up significantly.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)