Posted: Mar 08, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 8
Manager Thanh Pham stands outside Arnprior Viet Subs, one of his new restaurants. Pham decided to close Kanata Noodle House in Orléans in large part because it offered buffet-style dining, something that s unrealistic in COVID-19 times.(Francis Ferland/CBC)
From papered-over windows to for-lease signs, it s easy for people to see how hard the restaurant industry has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some of the specific details, however, have remained hidden.
Restaurants that have survived did so by changing up their offerings. High-end establishments pivoted to takeout. Eateries that never dreamed they d have to partner with third-party delivery apps and their high commissions reluctantly signed up.
Grace Roswell, 12, celebrates her birthday by breaking things in the Vengeance Van, a rage room on wheels, in Ottawa on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle(THE CANADIAN PRESS)
How many cases are there?
Public health officials have reported more than 26,900 COVID-19 cases across eastern Ontario and western Quebec, including more than 25,200 resolved cases.
Elsewhere in eastern Ontario, 131 people have died of COVID-19, and 163 people have died in western Quebec.
Akwesasne has had more than 240 residents test positive on the Canadian side of the border and seven deaths. It s had more than 500 cases combined with its southern section.
Kitigan Zibi has had 21 confirmed cases and Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory has had six, with one death.