Fast Facts: Ontario reports 2,000 cases of COVID-19 for a second consecutive day on Wednesday; 41 new cases in Ottawa The head of Ontario s COVID-19 vaccine task force says Ottawa is not going to get left behind as new COVID-19 vaccines arrive Seven charges, 55 warnings for mask violations at Ottawa retail stores during holiday season Fifty charges laid in Kingston for COVID-19 violations
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa:
New cases: 41 cases on Wednesday
Total COVID-19 cases: 9,159
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 29.3
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 1.3 per cent (Dec 9-15)
Reproduction Number: 0.90 (seven day average)
Testing: Ottawa Public Health says there are four reasons to seek testing for COVID-19:
OTTAWA The head of Ontario s COVID-19 vaccine task force insists Ottawa will continue to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to vaccinate health care workers, but does not know when the next shipment will arrive in the capital. Ottawa is not going to be left behind, said retired Canadian Armed Forces Gen. Rick Hillier during an interview on CTV News at Five with Matt Skube. Three-thousand doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus on Monday. On Tuesday, the first health care workers in long-term care homes and high risk settings started to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
OTTAWA The first COVID-19 vaccines were injected into the arms of Canadians on Monday, a historic moment some have dubbed âV-Day,â as the country enters a new phase of the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus. In Ontario and Quebec, the first shots were administered to a small group of prioritized people on Monday, after Pfizer-BioNTechâs initial shipments of doses landed on Sunday night. This week, 14 sites across the 10 provinces will be receiving Canadaâs initial 30,000 doses, as the countryâs largest and most logistically complex mass-immunization campaign kicks off. âI m very pleased with how this is unfolding,â said the top military general who is leading the rollout from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin on Monday afternoon.
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Fast Facts: 3,000 doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 will arrive in Ottawa today Eastern Ontario moves into the orange-restrict zone today, with new restrictions on bars, restaurants, gyms and fitness centres Ottawa surpasses 9,000 cases of COVID-19 following 70 new cases on Sunday A COVID-19 test to rule out the virus before the holidays is not a guarantee : Dr. Etches
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa:
New cases: 70 cases on Sunday
Total COVID-19 cases: 9,057
COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 28.7
Positivity rate in Ottawa: 1.5 per cent (Dec 4-10)
Reproduction Number: 1.01 (seven day average)
Testing: Ottawa Public Health says there are four reasons to seek testing for COVID-19: