Here are the latest local, regional and national headlines on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for Tuesday, April 6, 2021:
There have been 364,537 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Ontario, an increase of 5,979 over two days (a 0.8 per cent increase between Sunday and Monday). There have been 331,600 people recovered from the virus while 7,450 have died. The number of Ontario people tested is 12,817,856 of which 17,739 have pending results.
Canada’s coronavirus case total is 1,014,373. The country has 23,118 deaths from the virus – one in the Yukon, four in Nunavut, 1,486 in British Columbia, 1,998 in Alberta, 440 in Saskatchewan, 940 in Manitoba, 7,450 in Ontario, 10,697 in Quebec, 30 in New Brunswick, six in Newfoundland & Labrador and 66 in Nova Scotia.
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The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 doubled on Tuesday as the local health unit reported 16 new cases of the virus.
There were six patients in hospital and three of them were in intensive care with one person requiring a ventilator, the health unit reported.
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In all, there were 74 active virus cases in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark, which is an increase of six because 10 people recovered from COVID during the same time as the new cases were recorded.
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Active cases of COVID-19 declined in the local health unit during the weekend despite a dramatic virus spike in Ontario at large.
The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit reported 32 new cases on the holiday weekend but 42 people recovered from COVID during the same period, resulting in 10 fewer active cases.
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At 68 active cases on Monday, the health unit has seen a week-long downward trend from the 104 cases seven days earlier.
But the improvement in the raw numbers was not reflected in the hospitals. There were four COVID patients in hospital and three of them were in intensive case with one requiring a ventilator.
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