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After a brief reprieve Monday, cases of COVID-19 in Hastings-Prince Edward on Tuesday rose by eight, bringing to 22 the number of active cases in the region.
Ontario set another record for new daily cases: 2,553. The province’s associate chief medical officer of health, Dr. Barbara Yaffe, said on average 32 Ontarians per day are dying of COVID-19.
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At Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health, however, Dr. Piotr Oglaza said he was hopeful the region could avoid another spike.
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OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health says 62 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, another jump compared to previous days. OPH reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and 16 on Tuesday. OPH said Thursday that there were 62 new positive test results in the city, lower than the 77 reported by Public Health Ontario, and that no new deaths were reported. There have been 9,510 total lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa and 390 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. There are 646 new cases in Toronto, 502 in Peel, 263 in York Region and 173 in Windsor-Essex County, some of the province s lockdown zones. A provincewide shutdown will move Ottawa to lockdown status at 12:01 a.m. Dec. 26.