In an effort to protect its residents, the health unit for Prince Edward County and the Belleville, Ont., area has banned local hotels, restaurants and personal services from serving people whose regions remain under stay-at-home orders.
What s the latest?
There are only 19 residents in hospital for COVID-19 treatment, the lowest that number has been in more than a month.
Quebec school administrators say report cards show many students are struggling, leading to calls for the Quebec government to lower the bar for CEGEP admissions.
An Ottawa retirement home manager has been suspended after accusations he allowed his wife to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine intended for a front-line worker.
How many cases are there?
Public health officials have reported more than 24,500 COVID-19 cases across eastern Ontario and western Quebec, including more than 23,100 resolved cases.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 26 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, and one additional person has died. According to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard, there have been 13,759 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the pandemic began and 428 residents have lost their lives. Across the province, health officials reported 1,072 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, along with 41 new deaths and 1,709 newly resolved cases. The stay-at-home order for Ontario has ended in some parts of eastern Ontario. The health units of Hastings Prince Edward, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A), and Renfrew County and District (RCDHU) have moved into the Green-Prevent level under Ontario s colour-coded framework as of 12:01 a.m. The province reported four new cases of COVID-19 in Hastings Prince Edward, two new cases in the KFL&A health unit and zero new cases in the RCDHU on Wednesday.
Last Updated Tuesday, February 9, 2021 3:07PM EST Ontario is reporting just over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 today, one of the lowest daily case counts logged in the province in more than two months. Ontario health officials are reporting 1,022 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus and 17 more virus-related deaths. With the exception of the 745 cases confirmed one week ago, an artificially low tally due to a reporting issue with Toronto Public Health, today s total is the lowest logged by the province since Nov. 24, when 1,009 new infections were reported. Week-over-week, the seven-day average of new infections dropped from 1,746 to 1,367. Just two weeks ago on Jan. 26, the rolling seven-day average was 2,346.