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Ontario reported 2,320 new cases of COVID-19 and 32 additional deaths Wednesday.
Ottawa Public Health reported 115 new lab-confirmed cases and one new death.
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Ontario will receive a new shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine next week that can be used for second doses, but it’s still unclear when, if and how they will be administered.
Health Minister Christine Elliott said the province is waiting for more safety information from Health Canada and the national immunization advisory committee before deciding whether to administer the 254,500 AstraZeneca doses to arrive in the province next week and the 50,000 does already on hand.
Ontario is reporting 2,759 new COVID-19 cases and 31 additional deaths on Thursday. The province’s test positivity rate is 5.7 per cent, down from 6.8 per cent a week ago. It is the lowest positivity rate since April 3. There were 47,638 tests completed in the last 24 hour period, up slightly from the more […]
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