Kingston is tightening its rules around St. Patrick s Day.
What s the latest?
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) recorded 80 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and one more death. There are 29 more cases in the Outaouais.
Despite being in the green zone, Kingston, Ont., is tightening its gathering and restaurant rules around St. Patrick s Day. Gatherings are capped at five people and hour limits are back at its restaurants March 13 to 21.
How many cases are there?
Public health officials have reported more than 26,500 COVID-19 cases across eastern Ontario and western Quebec, including more than 24,800 resolved cases.
Elsewhere in eastern Ontario, 131 people have died of COVID-19, and 161 people have died in western Quebec.
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Active COVID-19 cases continued to spike on Thursday as the virus outbreak in Lanark County spread to nine more people.
There were 36 active cases in the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit as of 4 p.m. Wednesday, which represents a doubling of cases in just two days.
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Twenty-five of the COVID cases were in Eastern Lanark after an outbreak started at a social gathering last week and quickly spread among the Pakenham, Almonte and Carleton Place communities, the health unit said.