Notable numbers from the 1st year of the COVID-19 pandemic
We take a look back on some of the important numbers over the last year and the stories they ve helped tell.
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Posted: Jan 11, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 11
The Almonte Country Haven long-term care home was one of the hardest-hit during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. There s now concern in the local health unit as to how long it will take for vaccines to arrive.(Jean Delisle/CBC)
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In a year in which one storyline so thoroughly dominated the headlines, picking 10 different newsmakers might seem ambitious. And yet, the virus wasn’t 2020’s only story. The city mourned the passing of its most famous, and beloved, adopted son. We saw brave women at city hall come forward to tell their stories of sexual misconduct, even as their former boss denied any and all allegations levelled against him. We watched in shock and sadness as a plane was shot out of the sky, carrying dozens of Canadians, eight from Ottawa. We witnessed a reckoning on race and policing, in Ottawa and across North America. But, of course, we will remember 2020 as the year of COVID-19. It took lives, ruined businesses, separated us from our loved ones and exposed vulnerabilities in our health-care system. The virus has been in the news every day for months, a backdrop to nearly every aspect of our lives, big and small. But we approach the new year with hope. This time next year, p