Article content As Ontario announced the province’s third stay-at-home order and state of emergency, 48 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed within the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region on Wednesday afternoon. The provincial measures will go into effect starting at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday. For more information, see related coverage. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. New COVID-19 cases up by 48 in EOHU, active cases up by 31 Back to video Of the 48 new cases within the EOHU posted Wednesday, 18 are in Cornwall, four in the northern portion of Akwesasne, one in South Glengarry, two in North Glengarry, four in South Stormont, two in North Stormont, one in South Dundas, two in Casselman, three in The Nation, six in Hawkesbury, and one in Alfred & Plantagenet. The health unit removed one case from the running total in East Hawkesbury. The overall running total of confirmed cases now sits at 3,614.