The busy stretch of Highway 28 between Burleigh Falls and Woodview has been the scene of several serious accidents, including fatalities. Pictured is a closure of Highway 28 following a head-on collision in February 2019. (Photo courtesy of Geri-Lynn Cajindos)
Highway 28 at Woodview reopened
Highway 28 at Woodview was reopened at around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday (June 13).
A serious collision on Highway 28 on Sunday morning (June 13) has closed the highway is both directions at Woodview in North Kawartha Township.
The Peterborough OPP and emergency crews responded to the accident that happened at around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday near Butler Drive.
Police say a motorcycle travelling southbound on Highway 28 was involved in a collision with two vehicles travelling northbound.
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The driver of the motorcycle has since been transported to a Toronto area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Highway 28 will remain closed in both directions for several hours while police measure and document the scene. Detours are in place on Highway 28 at Northey’s Bay Road and Mount Julian Viamede Road.
For updates on the road closure, check @OPP_COMM_CR on Twitter.
A woman receives her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at the mass vaccination clinic at the Evinrude Centre in Peterborough on May 26, 2021. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)
Peterborough Public Health is running a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday (June 19) for newcomers to Canada who want to receive the Pfizer vaccine.
The by-appointment-only clinic takes place from 9 a.m. to noon at the Evinrude Centre at 911 Monaghan Road.
Peterborough-area residents who were not born in Canada and members of their immediate household are eligible for the clinic, including adults and youth 12 and over seeking their first dose of vaccine.
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Also eligible are newcomers seeking their second Pfizer vaccination, including those 70 years and older who received their first dose of Pfizer before May 22 and those 18 years and older who received their first dose of Pfizer before April 18.
Newcomers who want to register for the clinic should call the New Canadians Centre at 705-743-0882 ext. 230 or 705-743-0882 ext. 243 (Arabic only) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday (June 14).
People wishing to register need to have their Ontario Health Card or other government-issued ID ready when they call.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 502 new cases today, with most of the cases in Toronto, Peel, and Waterloo. More than half of Ontario’s 34 health units are reporting 5 or fewer cases and the seven-day average of daily cases has fallen to 533.
There have been double-digit decreases in the number of hospitalizations, ICU patients, and patients on ventilators. Ontario is reporting 15 deaths, with 1 new death in a long-term care home.
With more than 11 million vaccine doses administered, almost 75% of Ontario’s total population has received at least a single dose. Over 11% of the population is now fully vaccinated, with a record number of second doses administered yesterday.
The Ontario government also announced today that, as of Monday (June 14), people who received their first dose of an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can book their second dose — of either AstraZeneca or an mRNA vaccine — at eight weeks instead of the original 12 weeks.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 8 new cases to report (3 in Peterborough, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward) and an additional 7 cases resolved. The net number of active cases in the region has decreased by 3 to 67. Active cases have increased by 2 in Hastings Prince Edward, decreased by 3 in Peterborough, decreased by 2 in Northumberland, and remain unchanged in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton.
See below for more provincial and regional details.
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Provincial summary, details, and trend charts
Of today’s increase of 502 cases, the health units reporting the most cases are Toronto (89), Peel (71), and Waterloo (51).
There have also been double-digit increases in York (37), Durham (31), Hamilton (30), Porcupine (29), Niagara (28), Simcoe Muskoka (25), Ottawa (17), Brant (14), Halton (14), and Windsor-Essex (12), with smaller increases in Peterborough (9), Middlesex-London (8), and Huron Perth (7).
The remaining 18 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 6 health units reporting only 1 case and 6 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 65% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (195) among people ages 20-39, followed by 131 cases among people 19 and under and 104 cases among people ages 40-59.
With 830 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to 97.3%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.1% to 2.1%, meaning that 21 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on June 11.
Ontario is reporting 15 new COVID-19 deaths today, with 1 new death in a long-term care home. The seven-day average of daily deaths has decreased by 2 to 14.
Hospitalizations have fallen by 42 from yesterday to 447, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 18 to 442 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 15 to 277.
A total of 24,099 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 615 to 10,338.
A total of 11,022,452 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 195,032 from yesterday, and 1,667,761 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, a record increase of 134,019 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 11.32% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.91% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 74.81% of the total population, an increase of 1.32% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 539,153 (increase of 502) COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 138,697 of B.1.1.7 Alpha variant (increase of 1,390); 1,134 of B.1.351 Beta variant (increase of 6); 4,124 of P.1 Gamma variant (increase of 25) VOC R(t): 0.73 (increase of 0.01 as of June 12)* 7-day average of daily new cases: 533 (decrease of 35) Positivity rate: 2.1% (increase of 0.1%) Resolved: 524,362 (increase of 830), 97.3% of all cases (increase of 0.1%) Hospitalizations: 447 (decrease of 42) Hospitalizations in ICU: 422 (decrease of 18) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 277 (decrease of 15) Deaths: 8,950 (increase of 15) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 14 (decrease of 2) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,962 (increase of 1) Total tests completed: 15,539,361 (increase of 24,099) Tests under investigation: 10,338 (decrease of 615) Vaccination doses administered: 11,022,452 (increase of 195,032), 74.81% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 1.32%)** People fully vaccinated (two doses): 1,667,761 (increase of 134,019), 11.32% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 0.91%)**
*R(t) is a virus’s effective reproduction number, which is the average number of new infections caused by a single infected individual at a specific time (t) in a partially immunized population. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R(t) needs to be less than 1.
**An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 12 – June 11, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from May 12 – June 11, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from May 12 – June 11, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day rolling average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from May 12 – June 11, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily deaths, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of daily deaths. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from May 12 – June 11, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of daily doses, and the blue line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in Toronto, Ottawa, and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
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Regional summary and details
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 8 new cases to report, including 3 in Peterborough, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward. There are no new cases in Northumberland and Haliburton.
There are 4 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 3 in Peterborough and 1 in Northumberland.
An additional 7 cases have been resolved, including 3 in Peterborough, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Northumberland.
There are currently 67 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a net increase of 3 since yesterday, including 31 in Peterborough, 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Northumberland, 4 in Hastings Prince Edward (2 in Quinte West and 2 in Belleville), and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,546 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,494 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,069 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,002 resolved with 57 deaths), 931 in Northumberland County (907 resolved with 17 deaths), 121 in Haliburton County (118 resolved with 1 death), and 1,125 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,109 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on June 5.
Peterborough Public Health
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,546 (no change)* Total variants of concern cases: 724 (increase of 3) Active cases: 31 (decrease of 3) Close contacts: 41 (decrease of 6) Deaths: 21 (no change) Resolved: 1,494 (increase of 3) Hospitalizations (total to date): 72 (no change)** ICU admissions (total to date): 15 (no change) Total tests completed: Over 53,150 (no change) Total vaccine doses administered (residents and non-residents): 103,327 (increase of 12,611 as of June 10) Number of residents who have received first dose: 88,834 (increase of 7,444 as of June 10) Number of residents fully vaccinated: 14,092 (increase of 4,704 as of June 10) Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace #11 in Peterborough, Riverview Manor long-term care home in Peterborough (no change)
*The health unit is reporting 3 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total case count is unchanged because 3 cases have been removed from previous days.
**As of June 11, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 2 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and a total of 76 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).
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Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 2,121, including 1,069 in Kawartha Lakes, 931 in Northumberland, and 121 in Haliburton (increase of 3 in Kawartha Lakes)* Total variants of concern cases: 766, including 394 in Kawartha Lakes, 336 in Northumberland, and 36 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland) Active cases: 32, including 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (decrease of 2 in Northumberland) Probable cases: 1 in Kawartha Lakes (no change) Hospitalizations (total to date): 78, including 44 in Kawartha Lakes, 31 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)** Deaths (including among probable cases): 75, including 57 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change) Resolved: 2,027, including 1,002 in Kawartha Lakes, 902 in Northumberland, and 118 in Haliburton (increase of 4, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland) Tests completed: 199,036 (increase of 363) Vaccine doses administered to residents: 112,750 (increase of 7,966 as of June 7) Number of residents fully vaccinated: 14,676 (increase of 3,568 as of June 7) Outbreaks: Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, LCBO Port Hope (no change)
*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.
**As of June 11, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 2 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 1).
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,125 (increase of 2) Confirmed variants of concern cases: 491 (no change) Active cases: 4 (increase of 2) Deaths: 11 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change) Resolved: 1,110 (no change) Tests completed: 147,887 (no change) Vaccine doses administered: 122,884 (increase of 1,330) Number of people fully vaccinated: 17,925 (increase of 530) Outbreaks: None (no change)
A sample of the type of healthy lunch that will be available for any elementary-school aged child in the Kawartha Lakes between June 16 and August 20, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Food Source)
Kids in the Kawartha Lakes can get a healthy lunch for free this summer thanks to a program offered by Kawartha Lakes Food Source, The Salvation Army Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes Food Coalition, and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.
The Summer Outreach Lunch Program, which has prepared and distributed hundreds of bagged lunches to elementary-school aged children in the Kawartha Lakes since 2018, will begin early this year on June 16 and run until August 20.
Lunches will be distributed every Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to noon at King Albert Public School (49 Glenelg St., Lindsay) and from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Queen Victoria Public School (11 John St., Lindsay).
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The free lunches — consisting of a sandwich or wrap, fruits and vegetables, cheese or yogurt, and a healthy baked treat — are available for any elementary-school aged child in the City of Kawartha Lakes. No registration is required. Children or guardians can drop by either school to pick up a bagged lunch, no questions asked.
COVID safety protocols, including physical distancing, will be followed at each school. If a child is sick, someone should pick up a lunch on their behalf.
Last year, the program distributed 520 lunches, including 328 distributed to children with the remainder distributed to A Place Called Home, a 19-bed shelter for adults, couples, and families.
For more information, or to donate to the Summer Outreach Lunch Program, call Kawartha Lakes Food Source at 705-324-0707 or The Salvation Army Lindsay at 705-878-5331 ext. 2.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 574 new cases today, with most of the new cases in Toronto, Peel, Waterloo, and Porcupine. More than half of Ontario’s 34 health units are reporting 5 or fewer cases and the seven-day average of daily cases has fallen below 600.
The number of hospitalizations and ICU patients have declined, with 1 additional patient on a ventilator. Ontario is reporting 4 deaths, with no new deaths in long-term care homes.
With more than 10.8 million vaccine doses administered, including a record number of doses administered yesterday, over 73% of Ontario’s total population has received at least a single dose. Over 10% of the population is now fully vaccinated, with a record number of second doses administered yesterday.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 14 new cases to report (including 11 in Peterborough and 3 in Kawartha Lakes) and an additional 11 cases resolved. The net number of active cases in the region has increased by 1 to 70. Active cases have increased by 5 in Peterborough, decreased by 4 in Kawartha Lakes, and remain unchanged in Northumberland, Haliburton, and Hastings Prince Edward.
See below for more provincial and regional details.
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Provincial summary, details, and trend charts
The health units reporting the most cases today are Toronto (109), Peel (84), Waterloo (79), and Porcupine (51).
There have also been double-digit increases in Hamilton (31), Halton (30), York (28), Durham (26), Ottawa (22), Windsor-Essex (16), Thunder Bay (14), Niagara (11), Simcoe Muskoka (10), and Middlesex-London (10).
The remaining 20 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 4 health units reporting only 1 case and 1 health unit reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 65% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (232) among people ages 20-39, followed by 143 cases among people 19 and under and 128 cases among people ages 40-59.
With 850 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to 97.2%. The average positivity rate across Ontario also remains unchanged at 2.0% for the third day in a row, meaning that 20 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on June 10.
Ontario is reporting 4 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes and the seven-day average of daily deaths decreasing by 2 to 16.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 27 from yesterday to 489, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 10 to 440 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators rising by 1 to 292.
A total of 28,949 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 1,475 to 10,953.
A total of 10,827,420 doses of vaccine have now been administered, a record increase of 199,951 from yesterday, and 1,533,742 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, a record increase of 133,966 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 10.41% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.91% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 73.49% of the total population, an increase of 1.36% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 538,651 (increase of 574) COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 137,307 of B.1.1.7 Alpha variant (increase of 1,190); 1,128 of B.1.351 Beta variant (no change); 4,099 of P.1 Gamma variant (increase of 1) VOC R(t): 0.72 (decrease of 0.02 as of June 11)* 7-day average of daily new cases: 568 (decrease of 49) Positivity rate: 2.0% (no change) Resolved: 523,532 (increase of 850), 97.2% of all cases (increase of 0.1%) Hospitalizations: 489 (decrease of 27) Hospitalizations in ICU: 440 (decrease of 10) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 292 (increase of 1) Deaths: 8,935 (increase of 4) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 16 (decrease of 3) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,961 (decrease of 1) Total tests completed: 15,515,262 (increase of 28,949) Tests under investigation: 10,953 (decrease of 1,475) Vaccination doses administered: 10,827,420 (increase of 199,951), 73.49% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 1.36%)** People fully vaccinated (two doses): 1,533,742 (increase of 133,966), 10.41% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 0.91%)**
*R(t) is a virus’s effective reproduction number, which is the average number of new infections caused by a single infected individual at a specific time (t) in a partially immunized population. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R(t) needs to be less than 1.
**An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 11 – June 10, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from May 11 – June 10, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from May 11 – June 10, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day rolling average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from May 11 – June 10, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily deaths, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of daily deaths. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from May 11 – June 10, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of daily doses, and the blue line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in Toronto, Ottawa, and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
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Regional summary and details
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 14 new cases to report, including 11 in Peterborough and 3 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Northumberland, Haliburton, or Hastings Prince Edward.
There are 9 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 7 in Peterborough, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There has been 1 new COVID-related hospitalization in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 11 cases have been resolved, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Peterborough.
There are currently 70 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a net increase of 1 since yesterday, including 34 in Peterborough, 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, 2 in Haliburton, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West and 1 in Belleville).
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,546 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,491 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,067 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,000 resolved with 57 deaths), 931 in Northumberland County (905 resolved with 17 deaths), 121 in Haliburton County (118 resolved with 1 death), and 1,122 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,109 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on June 5.
Peterborough Public Health
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,546 (increase of 9)* Total variants of concern cases: 721 (increase of 7) Active cases: 34 (increase of 5) Close contacts: 47 (decrease of 12) Deaths: 21 (no change) Resolved: 1,491 (increase of 4) Hospitalizations (total to date): 72 (no change)** ICU admissions (total to date): 15 (no change) Total tests completed: Over 53,150 (no change) Total vaccine doses administered (residents and non-residents): 103,327 (increase of 12,611 as of June 10) Number of residents who have received first dose: 88,834 (increase of 7,444 as of June 10) Number of residents fully vaccinated: 14,092 (increase of 4,704 as of June 10) Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace #11 in Peterborough, Riverview Manor long-term care home in Peterborough (no change)
*The health unit is reporting 11 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total case count has increased by 9 because 2 cases have been removed from a previous day.
**As of June 11, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 2 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and a total of 76 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).
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Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 2,119, including 1,067 in Kawartha Lakes, 931 in Northumberland, and 121 in Haliburton (increase of 3 in Kawartha Lakes)* Total variants of concern cases: 765, including 394 in Kawartha Lakes, 335 in Northumberland, and 36 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes) Active cases: 34, including 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (decrease of 4 in Kawartha Lakes) Probable cases: 1 in Kawartha Lakes (no change) Hospitalizations (total to date): 78, including 44 in Kawartha Lakes, 31 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)** Deaths (including among probable cases): 75, including 57 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change) Resolved: 2,023, including 1,000 in Kawartha Lakes, 905 in Northumberland, and 118 in Haliburton (increase of 7 in Kawartha Lakes) Tests completed: 198,673 (increase of 1,363) Vaccine doses administered to residents: 112,750 (increase of 7,966 as of June 7) Number of residents fully vaccinated: 14,676 (increase of 3,568 as of June 7) Outbreaks: Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, LCBO Port Hope (no change)
*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.
**As of June 11, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 2 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 1).
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,122 (no change) Confirmed variants of concern cases: 491 (increase of 1) Active cases: 2 (increase of 1) Deaths: 11 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change) Resolved: 1,110 (no change) Tests completed: 147,887 (no change) Vaccine doses administered: 121,554 (increase of 2,253) Number of people fully vaccinated: 17,395 (increase of 1,131) Outbreaks: None (no change)
A squirrel monkey at the Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough. (Photo: Riverview Park and Zoo)
Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough has announced it will offer Peterborough-area residents guided tours of the zoo area beginning Friday, July 2nd.
“We are so excited to welcome guests back for one-way guided treks of the zoo this summer,” says Cathy Mitchell, the zoo’s program supervisor. “We are ramping up, hiring staff, training volunteers, putting up barriers to the exhibits, and adding more sanitizer stations.”
Each tour will accommodate a family group of up to 10 people.
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“As we have eight species of animals who are susceptible to COVID-19, we are asking all visitors do their part to protect these animals and remain at a two metre distance from the animal exhibits at all times while on tours,” Mitchell says.
Tours must be booked in advance. Bookings can be made online as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16th at riverviewparkandzoo.ca/en/plan-your-visit/tours.aspx. While there is no admission charge for the tours, the zoo will welcome donations.
Under step one of Ontario’s reopening plan, which began on Friday (June 11), outdoor zoos can reopen at 15 per cent capacity. However, except for the guided tours, the zoo area remains closed as do the splash pad, gift shop, snack bar, train ride, and picnic shelters.
The playground, disc golf course, park areas, and park trails remain open for COVID-safe use. To use the accessible wheelchair swings, contact the zoo in advance by emailing connect@riverviewparkandzoo.ca or calling 705-748-9301 x 2304.
Adalsteinn Brown, co-chair of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, presents updated COVID-19 modelling projections at a media conference at Queen's Park on June 10, 2021. (CPAC screenshot)
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
With Ontario reporting a jump of 590 new cases today, the province’s top science experts provided an update on COVID-19 modelling projections, both acknowledging the province’s success at containing the third wave of the pandemic and cautioning of the risk of a fourth wave due to the Delta variant.
“The modelling we will share today suggests that, with a few points of caution, we can look forward to a much better summer,” said Adalsteinn Brown, co-chair of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, at a media conference at Queen’s Park on Thursday (June 10). “We’ve made strong progress on vaccination and we can point to falling hospitalization rates and to declining ICU occupancy.”
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“To be clear, we’re not out of the woods just yet,” Brown added. “Our ICUs still have more COVID-19 patients than they did at the peak of the second wave. The Delta variant — that we also call B.1.617.2, the variant that hit India so hard — is here, and it is on track to be the dominant form of the virus this summer. But we believe we can control it with the right actions.”
Those actions include getting as many Ontarians as possible vaccinated with a second dose of vaccine, Brown said, since one dose is less effective against the Delta variant than against the original strain and the Alpha variant (B.1.1.7, which originated in the UK).
Brown said the Delta variant is about 50 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant and potentially more dangerous.
To prevent a fourth wave of the pandemic due to the more transmissible the province intends to get as many Ontarians their second dose of vaccine as soon as possible. (Graphic: Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table)
Brown said the government can help control the spread and impact of the Delta variant by increasing the number of first doses across Ontario, and by increasing second doses in regions at higher risk of the Delta variant.
Earlier in the day, the province announced it was accelerating administration of second doses in “Delta hot spots” including Halton, Peel, Porcupine, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph and York.
In those regions, Ontarians who received their first dose of Pfizer or Moderna on or before May 9 will be able to book their second-dose appointment starting on Monday (June 14).
Of today’s new cases, most are in Peel and Toronto, which are both again reporting triple-digit increases. However, half of Ontario’s 34 health units are reporting 5 or fewer cases and the seven-day average of daily cases has decreased to 617.
Hospitalizations, ICU patients, and patients on ventilators have all decreased. Ontario is reporting 11 deaths, with no new deaths in long-term care homes.
With more than 10.6 million vaccine doses administered, including a record number of doses administered yesterday, over 72% of Ontario’s total population has received at least a single dose. Over 9% of the population is now fully vaccinated, with a record number of second doses administered yesterday.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 6 new cases to report (including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Peterborough, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward) and an additional 10 cases resolved. The net number of active cases in the region has decreased by 2 to 69. Active cases have decreased by 4 in Kawartha Lakes and increased by 1 in both Peterborough and Hastings Prince Edward. Active cases in Northumberland and Haliburton remain unchanged.
See below for more provincial and regional details.
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Provincial summary, details, and trend charts
Most of the new cases reported today are in Peel (130) and Toronto (114).
There have been double-digit increases in Waterloo (61), Hamilton (38), York (32), Niagara (26), Ottawa (25), Middlesex-London (23), Durham (21), Porcupine (18), Halton (17), and Simcoe Muskoka (16), with smaller increases in North Bay Parry Sound (9), Peterborough (9), Brant (9), Grey Bruce (8), and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (6).
The remaining 17 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 health units reporting only 1 case and 4 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 64% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (257) among people ages 20-39, followed by 132 cases among people ages 40-59 and 122 cases among people 19 and under.
With 932 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases remains unchanged at 97.1%. The average positivity rate across Ontario also remains unchanged at 2.0%, meaning that 20 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on June 9.
Ontario is reporting 11 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes and the seven-day average of daily deaths increasing by 1 to 18.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 55 from yesterday to 516, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 16 to 450 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators falling by 23 to 291.
A total of 31,423 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 2,707 to 12,428.
A total of 10,627,469 doses of vaccine have now been administered, a record increase of 182,350 from yesterday, and 1,399,776 people have been fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, a record increase of 117,100 from yesterday.
The number of fully vaccinated people represents 9.5% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.79% from yesterday, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 72.13% of the total population, an increase of 1.24% from yesterday. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 538,077 (increase of 590) COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) cases: 136,117 of B.1.1.7 Alpha variant (increase of 1,509); 1,128 of B.1.351 Beta variant (increase of 3); 4,098 of P.1 Gamma variant (increase of 25) VOC R(t): 0.74 (decrease of 0.01 as of June 9)* 7-day average of daily new cases: 617 (decrease of 40) Positivity rate: 2.0% (no change) Resolved: 522,682 (increase of 939), 97.1% of all cases (no change) Hospitalizations: 516 (decrease of 55) Hospitalizations in ICU: 450 (decrease of 16) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 291 (decrease of 23) Deaths: 8,931 (increase of 11) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 19 (increase of 1) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,962 (no change) Total tests completed: 15,486,313 (increase of 31,423) Tests under investigation: 12,428 (decrease of 2,707) Vaccination doses administered: 10,627,469 (increase of 182,350), 72.13% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 1.24%)** People fully vaccinated (two doses): 1,399,776 (increase of 117,100), 9.50% of Ontario’s total population (increase of 0.79%)**
*R(t) is a virus’s effective reproduction number, which is the average number of new infections caused by a single infected individual at a specific time (t) in a partially immunized population. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R(t) needs to be less than 1.
**An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 10 – June 9, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from May 10 – June 9, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)> COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from May 10 – June 9, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day rolling average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from May 10 – June 9, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily deaths, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of daily deaths. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from May 10 – June 9, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of daily doses, and the blue line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in Toronto, Ottawa, and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
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Regional summary and details
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 6 new cases to report, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Peterborough, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward. There are no new cases in Northumberland or Haliburton.
There are 5 new regional cases of variants of concern, including 3 in Peterborough and 2 in Northumberland.
An additional 10 cases have been resolved, including 9 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Peterborough.
There are currently 69 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 2 since yesterday, including 29 in Peterborough, 27 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, 2 in Haliburton, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West and 1 in Belleville).
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,537 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,487 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,064 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (993 resolved with 57 deaths), 931 in Northumberland County (905 resolved with 17 deaths), 121 in Haliburton County (118 resolved with 1 death), and 1,122 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,109 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on June 5.
Peterborough Public Health
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,537 (increase of 2) Total variants of concern cases: 714 (increase of 3) Active cases: 29 (increase of 1) Close contacts: 59 (decrease of 5) Deaths: 21 (no change) Resolved: 1,487 (increase of 1) Hospitalizations (total to date): 72 (no change)* ICU admissions (total to date): 15 (no change) Total tests completed: Over 53,150 (increase of 50) Total vaccine doses administered (residents and non-residents): 103,327 (increase of 12,611 as of June 10) Number of residents who have received first dose: 88,834 (increase of 7,444 as of June 10) Number of residents fully vaccinated: 14,092 (increase of 4,704 as of June 10) Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace #11 in Peterborough, Riverview Manor long-term care home in Peterborough (no change)
*As of June 10, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 2 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and a total of 76 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).
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Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 2,116, including 1,064 in Kawartha Lakes, 931 in Northumberland, and 121 in Haliburton (increase of 3 in Kawartha Lakes)* Total variants of concern cases: 764, including 393 in Kawartha Lakes, 335 in Northumberland, and 36 in Haliburton (increase of 2 in Northumberland) Active cases: 38, including 27 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (decrease of 4 in Kawartha Lakes) Probable cases: 1 in Kawartha Lakes (decrease of 2 in Kawartha Lakes) Hospitalizations (total to date): 77, including 43 in Kawartha Lakes, 31 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)** Deaths (including among probable cases): 75, including 57 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change) Resolved: 2,016, including 993 in Kawartha Lakes, 905 in Northumberland, and 118 in Haliburton (increase of 9 in Kawartha Lakes) Tests completed: 197,310 (no change) Vaccine doses administered to residents: 112,750 (increase of 7,966 as of June 7) Number of residents fully vaccinated: 14,676 (increase of 3,568 as of June 7) Outbreaks: Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, LCBO Port Hope (no change)
*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.
**As of June 10, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change).
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 1,122 (increase of 1) Confirmed variants of concern cases: 490 (no change) Active cases: 2 (increase of 1) Deaths: 11 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (decrease of 1) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (decrease of 1) Resolved: 1,110 (no change) Tests completed: 147,887 (no change) Vaccine doses administered: 119,301 (increase of 2,096) Number of people fully vaccinated: 16,264 (increase of 989) Outbreaks: None (no change)
Low water levels in Jackson Creek in downtown Peterborough in 2016. (Photo: Karen Halley / GreenUP)
With one exception, all conservation authorities responsible for watersheds in the greater Kawarthas region have now declared a “Level 1” low water condition due largely to a lack of rainfall during May.
Declared when a watershed receives only 80 per cent or less of the normal amount of precipitation over a three-month period, a Level 1 low water condition is the lowest of three levels and an early indicator of potential water supply problems to come.
Lower Trent Conservation declared a Level 1 condition last Wednesday (June 2), with Kawartha Conservation following suit the following Monday and Otonabee Conversation and Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority declaring a Level 1 condition on Thursday (June 10).
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Crowe Valley Conservation, whose watershed includes northern Peterborough County and portions of Haliburton County and northern Hastings County, has not yet declared a Level 1 condition.
During a Level 1 low water condition, everyone is asked to voluntarily reduce their non-essential water use by 10 per cent. This includes municipalities, aggregate operations, golf courses, water bottlers, farm irrigation, as well as individual residents.
Tips for individual residents to reduce water usage include fixing leaky faucets and watering gardens sparingly, and avoiding washing cars in driveways and watering lawns.
Four members of the Afzaal family died in London, Ontario on June 6, 2021 when a 20-year-old man intentionally rammed them with his pickup truck. From left to right: Yumna Afzaal, Madiha Salman, Talat Afzaal and Salman Afzaal were killed when a man ploughed his pickup truck into them. Nine-year-old Fayez (not pictured) survived the attack but remains in hospital.
Peterborough’s Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities are coming together to host a virtual vigil on Friday (June 11) in honour of the Afzaal family of London, Ontario.
Four members of three generations of the family died Sunday evening while they were out for a walk when a 20-year-old London man rammed his pickup truck into them: 46-year-old Salman Afzaal, his 44-year-old wife Madiha Salman, their 15-year-old daughter Yumna Afzaal, and Salman’s 74-year-old mother Talat Afzaal. The couple’s nine-year-old son Fayez survive the attack but remains in hospital.
London police have confirmed the driver, who they arrested shortly after the attack, intentionally targeted the family because they were Muslim. Police have charged the driver with four counts of murder and one count of attempted murder and are also considering terrorism charges.
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Peterborough’s Abraham Festival, a local multifaith organization, is inviting everyone in the Kawarthas to join the virtual vigil on the Zoom video-conferencing platform at 2 p.m. on Friday “to remember together in condolence, comfort, and healing”, according to a media release.
“Jewish, Christian, and Muslim teachings all confirm that what affects one affects us all,” says Abraham Festival committee chair Helen McCarthy. “When we come together, we become the change that we want to create.”
Those interested in joining the vigil can register via Google Docs at forms.gle/HuYq6cqGB3Z4qVeB6. Registration is open until noon on Friday, when a Zoom link will be sent to all registrants.
Those attending the vigil are invited to place a flower near their screens in honour of the Afzaal family.
A funeral for the family takes place in London on Saturday, with an outside service in the afternoon at the London Islamic Centre that will be livestreamed.
Peter Blodgett, owner of Darling Insurance, with Lexie. Although Blodgett is allergic to all animals, he has donated $100,000 towards the construction of the Peterborough Humane Society's new animal care centre. (Supplied photo)
Peter Blodgett, owner of Darling Insurance in Peterborough, Lakefield, and Omemee, has donated $100,000 towards the construction of the Peterborough Humane Society’s new animal care centre.
Construction of the animal wellness facility, to be located at 1999 Technology Drive, began in May.
“Truthfully, I’m allergic to all animals,” Blodgett says. “But I have been involved in the farm community throughout my life and have a great appreciation for animals big and small. I’ve been observing the work of the Peterborough Humane Society and the positive impact they are making in our community over the past few years and wanted to get behind their mission.”
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Blodgett is well known for supporting charitable causes in the community. He is a founding member of “Loonies on the Street” and has helped raise nearly $2 million dollars for Kawartha Food Share over the past 20 years. He has also served on many boards, including Peterborough Musicfest and chairing Fairhaven long-term care home’s capital campaign.
“Peter has been a wonderful friend and supporter of the Peterborough Humane Society for years, but this recent donation truly has us humbled,” says Shawn Morey, executive director of the Peterborough Humane Society.
In recognition of Blodgett’s donation, the lounge in the adoption centre lobby of the Peterborough Animal Care Centre will be named the Peter D. Blodgett Darling Insurance Lounge.
With Blodgett’s donation, the Peterborough Humane Society has now raised more than $7.6 million of its $10 million fundraising goal.
For more information about the new Peterborough Animal Care Centre and to donate to the campaign, visit www.ourpetproject.ca.
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