Two groups of licensed Quebec establishments are asking Premier Francois Legault to allow bars and resto-bars across Quebec to reopen immediately, but only to people who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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MONTREAL A 54-year-old woman has died in the province after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Quebec s public health director Horacio Arruda confirmed Tuesday. “We just had our first patient who has died of a thrombosis, cerebral thrombosis, following vaccination from AstraZeneca, said Arruda in a news conference. This is an event that is rare. We knew that it might happen. We have a risk of default one in every 100,000 doses today. Arruda said it was a risk the province knew it was taking, and that the benefits outweigh the risks. It puts a face on a statistic and for us, statistics are always people, and there s no way of knowing who the person is who is going to react that way, he added. People don t get vaccinated to die. It s rare, and we can t predict it. But for the population at large, vaccination remains beneficial.
Fast Facts: Ontario s chief coroner is investigating three sudden deaths of COVID-19 patients who died in their Ottawa homes. Ottawa Public Health reported a record number of newly resolved COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. The City of Ottawa confirmed a new slate of appointments for COVID-19 vaccines in Ottawa was made available Tuesday. Quebec Premier Francois Legault is extending pandemic restrictions in Gatineau and western Quebec until May 9. Ottawa s new auditor general will be reviewing the city s response to the COVID-19 pandemic once the virus is under control.
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
New COVID-19 cases: 144 cases on Tuesday