Hastings and Prince Edward counties are marking a new record in the pandemic.
Today marks the third straight day in a row that health officials have announced no new COVID-19 cases.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting a total of 11 active cases, as two people have recovered.
The seven-day case rate per 100,000 people has dropped to 3.0.
The outbreak at Crown Ridge Long Term Care Home in Trenton continues, as one case has been identified.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health until is not reporting any new cases in Northumberland County. There are a total of 18 active cases in the county.
OTTAWA One day after seeing its lowest daily case count in six weeks, Ottawa is seeing an uptick in the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in the city. However, trends including the number of active cases and the weekly average of cases per capita continue to improve. The testing positivity rate has also dropped below three per cent. Ottawa Public Health said 72 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19. No new deaths were reported in Ottawa on Wednesday, leaving the city s pandemic death toll at 420 residents.
1,670 new cases were reported across Ontario on Wednesday, the province s lowest daily case count in two months. The province also reported 49 new deaths and 2,725 new resolved cases provincewide.
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Daily cases of COVID-19 in Ontario continued to trend downward Wednesday.
Ontario health officials recorded the lowest daily cases seen since Nov. 26 with 1,670 cases logged, 70 fewer than Tuesday which saw 1,740 new cases.
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There were 1,958 cases reported Monday and 2,417 Sunday.
Premier Doug Ford told reporters during a visit to a hockey arena converted into a vaccination centre in Newmarket he believed the numbers were going south because of strict stay-at-home measures brought in to limit mobility of residents and preventing the spread of the virus.
“This is what happens when we all listen, stay at home, follow the rules. The numbers go down, there is less stress on the hospitals, less stress on ICUs, less stress on everyone and that allows us to start getting back to normal,” Ford said.
Author of the article: Derek Baldwin
Publishing date: Jan 27, 2021 • January 27, 2021 • 2 minute read • Facing a court injunction and serious legal measures for reopening last week amid emergency pandemic restrictions, downtown merchant Kyle Thomson said he is no longer allowing people into his Park Provisioners & Haberdashery on Front Street. He returned to curbside pick-up Wednesday. DEREK BALDWIN FILE jpg, BI
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Downtown merchant Kyle Thomson has agreed to close his store to public entry following meetings this week with lawyers, court officials and the local health unit.
Starting Wednesday, Thomson’s Park Provisioners Barbershop & Haberdashery on Front Street resumed curbside only and the public is no longer welcomed to enter the store.