By Colin Perkel
TORONTO New COVID-19 infections maintained a downward trend in Canada’s two most populous provinces on Wednesday, although authorities reported more than 100 new deaths from the disease.
Ontario reported another 49 deaths even as its daily case count continued an ongoing downward trend, with 1,670 new cases recorded.
Quebec, which saw 53 more COVID-19-related deaths, reported 1,328 new cases.
The province said on Wednesday it would not challenge a court order exempting the homeless from a provincewide curfew.
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“Since the start of the curfew, our desire has been for people experiencing homelessness to be guided to the right resources and not to judicialize them,” said Lionel Carmant, the junior health minister.
Since the beginning of January, 224 employees have tested positive at the 4,500-worker facility
Author of the article: Jenny Yuen
Publishing date: Jan 28, 2021 • January 30, 2021 • 2 minute read • Canada Post employees enter and exit the Gateway East plant in Mississauga at Dixie Rd and Eglinton Ave. E. An employee who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. So far 224 employees have tested positive for COVID since Jan. 1 on Wednesday January 27, 2021. Photo by Jack Boland /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network
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A Canada Post worker who tested positive for COVID-19 has died following an outbreak that has impacted 224 employees at the Gateway East plant in Mississauga, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers says.
Ontario now has 34 cases of the UK coronavirus variant
5:44 pm Provincial public health officials have now confirmed there are 34 cases of the UK coronavirus variant in Ontario.
In addition to evidence indicating the virus is more transmissible, officials say there is more recent evidence to suggest that “it might cause more severe disease in some individuals.”
The province had confirmed 15 cases of the UK variant, known as B117, as of last Thursday. Over the weekend, officials in Simcoe Muskoka found six cases in the Roberta Place long-term care home, and another one at at Bradford Valley Care Community.
All positive samples from January 20 are now being tested to give public health officials a snapshot of how prevalent the UK variant is in Ontario.
Canada Post warns of delivery delays following outbreak at Mississauga facility
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A Canada Post facility in Mississauga is experiencing a major COVID-19 outbreak among employees, and the Crown corporation is warning of significant delivery delays as a result.
On Friday afternoon, Canada Post sent home 350 employees and contractors working the same shift at the Gateway East facility in Mississauga and told them to self-isolate for 14 days after at least 190 employees tested positive for COVID-19. On the advice of Peel Public Health, Canada Post has temporarily closed one of the shifts at our Gateway East processing facility in Mississauga, Ont. after a number of employees tested positive for COVID-19, reads an online Canada Post mail delivery interruption announcement.
Since January 1, 149 workers at the Dixie Road site have tested positive for the virus.
Spokesperson Phil Legault confirmed that the latest cases were detected among workers who were asymptomatic or didn’t believe they had symptoms.
On Wednesday, Canada Post confirmed that 121 employees have tested positive for COVID-19.
“Public Health has confirmed that Canada Post is able to maintain its operations. Any employees who do test positive will leave the workplace and self-isolate,” the statement said on Wednesday.
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