Michael, Rachel, and Jessica Dalliday. (Photo: Dalliday family)
The Peterborough community is mourning after learning of the deaths of well-known entrepreneur Jessica “Jess” Dalliday (nee Patterson) and her newborn daughter.
The owner and CEO of Pilates on Demand, Jess passed away in hospital on Tuesday (April 6) following a complication that led to the passing of her newborn daughter Angeline last Thursday (April 1).
Jess leaves behind her husband Michael and their two-year-old daughter Rachel.
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Rosalea Pearl, a close friend who also worked with Jess when she was a client of the Innovation Cluster, shared the tragic news on Facebook.
It is with extreme devastation and sadness that I have to share this fundraiser for the Dalliday family while they go…
A GoFundMe campaign has been set up at gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-dallidays to support Michael and Rachel, raising over $76,000 in four hours after it was created. (Update: as of April 7, $167,993 has been raised for the Dalliday family).
Dr. Natalie Bocking is the new medical officer of health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit. (Supplied photo)
Dr. Natalie Bocking officially began her role as the new medical officer of health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit on Tuesday (April 6).
“I am looking forward to building relationships with our partners, our stakeholders, and our board so that we can work together and continue to make a difference in the communities that we serve,” says Dr. Bocking in a media release.
Over the past few weeks, she has been sitting in on meetings, meeting with health unit staff, and learning more about the area and the health unit’s pandemic response. Now that she has officially assumed the role, she says she is is eager to meet more of the community partners who work with the health unit.
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“Community partners are vital to the work that we do,” she says. “This is a team effort. A lot of the problems that public health is tackling are huge and it would be impossible without our community partners.”
Dr. Bocking is a public health and preventive medicine specialist who was certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2015 following the completion of her specialty training at the University of Toronto. Her academic training also includes a medical doctorate from McMaster University and a master’s degree in international public health from the University of Sydney in Australia.
Dr. Bocking spent four years working as a public health physician with Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority. In her role, she supported the development of a community-based First Nations governed public health system for 31 rural and remote First Nations. This included overseeing tuberculosis and hepatitis C programming, population health assessment, and maternal and child health support.
VIDEO: Introducing Dr. Natalie Bocking
“I went into public health because I thought that some of the issues or health problems I was seeing in family medicine really could have been addressed so much more effectively at a population level,” she says. “That was really where public health fit for me.”
In addition to her work in public health, Dr. Bocking has also worked as a locum family physician in northwestern Ontario. She has published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented at provincial and national conferences.
A native of London, Ontario, Dr. Bocking is married with two children. Her family moved to her husband’s family farm, which he now operates, in the City of Kawartha Lakes in 2019.
Dr. Bocking replaces the former medical officer of health Dr. Lynn Noseworthy, who retired in December 2020. Dr. Ian Gemmill served as acting medical officer of health prior to Dr. Bocking assuming her new role.
The catchment area of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit including the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
A detail of "Towards the Tower" (watercolour and ink on paper) by Karin McLean, a self-taught artist who lives in Peterborough. McLean is one of the many local artists participating in the Artspace 50/50 Auction, which takes place online from April 26 to May 6, 2021. Proceeds from the auction are split equally between participating artists and the non-profit artist-run centre. (Photo: Bec Groves / Artspace)
As we struggle through yet another provincial shutdown, we could all use something to look forward to. Here’s a happy thought: Artspace’s 50/50 auction won’t be cancelled this year!
For more than 30 years, the annual fundraiser for Peterborough-Nogojiwanong’s non-profit artist-run centre has been a major social event, where attendees mingle with the who’s who of the local arts scene and lucky bidders leave with beautiful works of art. Regrettably, it was among the first of many COVID casualties in 2020.
“The 50/50 auction didn’t happen last year because it was right at the beginning of the pandemic,” says Bec Groves, the interim director of Artspace.
Though local arts supporters still can’t gather in person this year, they can still get our art on(line).
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“Of course, the model is completely different this year,” Groves says. “But there’s no fee to view the auction or to bid on pieces, so there’s nothing to prevent people from accessing the work, which I’m really happy about.”
Thanks to Melinda Richter of Curated, an art appraisal and auction company in Peterborough, the 50/50 auction has gone virtual. Richter is volunteering her online auction platform, skills, and time to administrate the auction, patrons can bid on works of art online from Monday, April 26th through Thursday, May 6th.
Winning bidders will not only be able to add new and exciting works of art to their collections, they’ll also be able to support Artspace and local artists in doing so — profits from all art sales are shared equally between the artist-run space and participating artists.
“It’s immensely beneficial to the artists and the space,” Groves says.
“It’s also a great opportunity for artists to show their work at any stage of their career,” adds Groves of the event where many emerging artists have experienced their first official exhibit and sale. “At the heart of the 50/50, it’s a community event. It doesn’t exclude anybody. Everyone is welcome to submit work and be a part of it.”
Members of Artspace in 1976, when the artist-run centre was located at 440 Water Street at Brock Street. Artspace was founded in 1974 by the late Dennis Tourbin and the late David Bierk, along with a collective of local artists. (Photo via Alex Bierk, on Facebook)
Indeed, providing opportunities for artists to show their work is at the heart of Artspace itself. Founded in 1974 by an ad hoc group of young artists, including the late renowned visual artist David Bierk, the non-profit organization has a long history of supporting local artists.
“It was people in these smaller communities saying, ‘There isn’t a place for us to show art — we can’t show our work in Toronto or get to these bigger urban centres, so we’re just going to make it happen here’,” Groves explains. “And they put the work in to create these spaces. And, after nearly 50 years, Artspace is still here.”
Artspace is an institution in Peterborough-Nogojiwanong that has played a profound role in the development of Canadian contemporary art. Programming at Artspace exhibits local, regional, national, and international shows.
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“I think it’s important for local artists to show here, but also for local people to see what folks are doing in other communities,” says Groves. “We’re all representing one large arts community and we’re all working together.”
Now more than ever, artists need support getting their work to the public. Now more than ever, the public needs art.
Throughout the pandemic, Artspace has continued to provide opportunities for artists to show their work and, most importantly, to get paid for it.
An arts supporter browses works by local artists at the annual Artspace 50/50 auction in 2019. Normally an in-person social event, the 2020 auction was cancelled because of the pandemic but is returning in virtual from April 26 to May 6, 2021 thanks to Melinda Richter, owner of Peterborough art appraisal and auction company Curated. (Photo: Matthew Hayes)
“It’s so important for artists to not miss out on opportunities or to just continue to get postponed or cancelled,” Groves points out. “We’re really trying to stay committed to our artists — making sure that we’re working with them in some way, even if it’s not what we had originally planned for.”
Committed to honouring the mission that began 47 years ago, the hardworking team at Artspace has continued to support artists and bring new and exciting works of art to the community.
Fundraising has always been important for non-profit organizations at the best of times. During a global pandemic that has devastated the arts sector for well over a year, it’s become critical.
The Artspace 50/50 virtual auction opens on Monday, April 26th at curated.hibid.com/catalog/268809/artspace-50-50-auction/ and runs until Thursday, May 6th. Instructions for online bidding will soon be available on the Artspace website.
If you’re an artist interested in participating in the 50/50 auction, the deadline to submit a maximum of five works of art is Saturday, April 10th.
“Uncle George’s Hut” (acrylic on routered plywood with balsa wood strips) by Bronson Smith, one of the many local artists participating in the Artspace 50/50 Auction, which takes place online from April 26 to May 6, 2021. Proceeds from the auction are split equally between participating artists and the non-profit artist-run centre. (Photo: Bec Groves / Artspace)
Although Artspace is closed to the public during the province-wide shutdown, artists can deliver their work to 378 Aylmer Street North during operating hours (11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday). Artists delivering their work should Knock on the front door and staff will provide directions for a contactless delivery.
During the month of April, the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) is running the 'Savour the Boro' bingo contest, where you can win a prize by ordering take-out or delivery from downtown Peterborough restaurants. (Photo: Peterborough DBIA)
Have some fun while supporting restaurants in downtown Peterborough by playing ‘Savour the Boro’ bingo — and earn a chance to win a prize valued at $200.
The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) is running the contest for the entire month of April. To play, you download a bingo card from theboro.ca/savourtheboro, order pick-up or delivery from a downtown restaurant, cafe, or bar, and check off the appropriate box on the card.
Once you’ve checked off five boxes in a row (vertical, horizontal, or diagonal), you email an image of your completed card to contest@downtownptbo.ca (along with your contact information) and you’ll be entered into a draw for a chance to win one of ten $200 Downtown Dollars — gift certificates you can redeem at downtown Peterborough businesses.
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The boxes on the bingo card include almost every type of cuisine and meal so, with more than 100 restaurants, cafes, and bars to choose from in downtown Peterborough, it won’t take long before you hit bingo.
It’s a win-win for residents and local businesses, explains DBIA marketing manager Joon Kim.
“We are fortunate to have a vibrant culinary scene throughout our downtown,” Kim says. “The food and drink service industry is one of the hardest-hit sectors by the pandemic. We hope to encourage people to eat at and support local restaurants, cafes, and pubs by participating in the Savour the Boro Bingo contest.”
Download the ‘Savour the Boro’ bingo card, order take-out or delivery from downtown Peterborough restaurants and check off five boxes in a row (vertical, horizontal, or diagonal) to hit bingo. Email an image of your completed card to the the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) for a chance to win one of ten $200 Downtown Dollars gift certificates. (Graphic: Peterborough DBIA)
The contest runs until Friday, April 30th, with 10 randomly selected winners notified by Wednesday, May 12th. Players will need to keep a copy of their receipts so the DBIA can verify each bingo square earned.
A recent Workforce Development Board study found that food and drink services are the second largest sector for job creation in the Peterborough region. With indoor and outdoor dining prohibited during the latest provincial shutdown, supporting the local food and beverage industry is more important than ever.
“Creative and innovative events like Savour the Boro Bingo creates a fun and engaging opportunity for our community to safely rally around the downtown culinary industry,” says Tracie Betrand, director of tourism at Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development. “This kind of adaptive programming will draw more people into Peterborough’s urban centre to support our incredible small business operators.”
For complete contest details and to download a Savour the Boro bingo card, visit theboro.ca/savourtheboro.
Pastry Peddler is a locally owned café and bakery that has been in Millbrook for over 10 years. Their menus offer everything from freshly made delicious baked goods, such as these mouth-watering cream puffs, to daily meal deals and entrées. Pastry Peddler also offers catering. (Photo courtesy of Pastry Peddler)
A year ago, Pastry Peddler co-owners Deanna Bell and Colin Hall couldn’t have imagined that their Millbrook cafe and bakery would still be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic today.
This story is one of an ongoing series by kawarthaNOW in support of locally owned businesses.
After a year-long roller-coaster ride of COVID-19 restrictions affecting the way restaurants operate, the Pastry Peddler was all set to offer restricted indoor dining after the Easter long weekend — and then the latest provincial shutdown was announced.
There’s no question the roller-coaster ride has been as frustrating for Bell and Hall, as it has for owners of all locally owned eateries. When the previous provincial stay-at-home order was lifted in February, Pastry Peddler had only just reopened to indoor dining for one week when the Peterborough region was moved into the ‘Red-Control’ level of Ontario’s COVID-19 response framework.
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Because the ‘Red-Control’ level limited restaurants to 50 per cent of the indoor dining area, Bell and Hall decided it was too challenging to continue with indoor dining.
“Peterborough went into Red, so we decided to go back to what we were doing (takeout),” she explains. “Our establishment is pretty small, so it’s hard to control both takeout and seating.”
Pastry Peddler finds itself in a similar situation once again. Bell and Hall had made some modifications to their restaurant so they could begin to offer indoor dining again on Tuesday, April 6th.
Pastry Peddler co-owners Colin Hall and Deanna Bell celebrated their 10th year in business in 2019. Since the pandemic hit in March 2020, they’ve been on a roller-coaster ride of managing through COVID-19 restrictions that affect the way restaurants operate. (Photo courtesy of Pastry Peddler)
“We have a second floor, and we’re going to put some seats up there,” says Bell. “We’ve applied for a liquor license for the second floor and for an outdoor patio.”
Then came Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s announcement on Thursday (April 1) of the so-called ‘province-wide emergency brake’. While the four-week shutdown allows all other retail businesses to operate at reduced capacity limits, restaurants can only provide takeout and delivery only — neither indoor nor outdoor dining is allowed.
“It’s frustrating, for sure, trying to plan,” Bell sighs. “What can we do? It’s out of our hands.”
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Nevertheless, the construction of Pastry Peddler’s outdoor patio is a fun and exciting addition and well positions the Pastry Peddler to navigate COVID-19 this summer once dining restrictions are loosened again. The patio will be built by Crestwood woodshop teacher Dave Holmes and his students and should be ready by May.
Having a patio for outdoor dining will also come in handy since the restaurant is located along a frequently travelled cycling route (hence the eatery’s name). But, as a popular destination in Millbrook for more than 10 years, Pastry Peddler’s clientele includes far more than cyclists.
Typically, in the warmer months, Bell says they also receive a lot of business from tourists passing through or visiting the nearby 4th Line Theatre. The pandemic has also reduced tourist traffic, with region-to-region travel discouraged and performances at 4th Line postponed.
Located along a popular cycling route, Pastry Peddler is must-stop destination for local and visiting cyclists, including this young woman and her dog who arrived by bicycle from Montreal in August 2020. The restaurant is working on an outdoor patio that should be ready when dining restrictions loosen up again. (Photo courtesy of Pastry Peddler)
While the bakery and cafe still receives a significant amount of community support, Bell says the Pastry Peddler is not the same community hub it used to be before the pandemic.
“We were and still are such a community-driven establishment,” she explains. “The focus of our business downstairs in our dining room was a communal table. Before, strangers would sit together and they would be friends by the time they were leaving because they got talking to each other. That table is upstairs now and that’s lost. It’s sad, but hopefully, we’ll be able to get that back.”
Like other small business owners, Bell and Hall have been forced to make creative changes to adapt and survive during the pandemic. Although things look different right now for Pastry Peddler indoor dining, Bell says COVID-19 has sparked popular new offerings, especially for their takeout menu.
Along with sweet treats, Pastry Peddler offers healthy meals such as this vegetarian pizza sandwich. While restrictions on indoor and outdoor dining are in effect, Pastry Peddler remains open for takeout. Call 705-932-7333 to order. (Photo courtesy of Pastry Peddler)Pastry Peddler also currently sells ready-to-go frozen soups: an easy but delicious meal which can be quickly heated up at customer’s homes. (Photo courtesy of Pastry Peddler)
“We’ve just put our heads down and kept moving forward, constantly trying to think of different things we can do that might entice people and keep their interest,” Bell notes. “We’ve discovered things that we’ve tried that have been really successful.”
Some of these new popular offerings include weekly takeout family meal deals, selling their foil cakes as family-sized whole cakes rather than just by the slice, and ‘Peddler Pizza Fridays’ — offering gourmet pizzas for takeout every Friday.
To set up your Pastry Peddler takeout order for meals, baked goods, or catering, contact the restaurant by calling 705-932-7333, emailing pastrypeddler@sympatico.ca, or sending them a message on their Facebook page at facebook.com/cafe.millbrook.
Pastry Peddler has been trying different things to keep customers engaged throughout the pandemic, including selling delicious gourmet takeout pizzas every Friday, such as this sundried tomato, roasted red pepper and basil pizza on a homemade crust. (Photo courtesy of Pastry Peddler)
Updated menus and offerings are always posted on the Pastry Peddler’s website at www.pastrypeddler.ca and on social media. According to Bell, a new spring menu will be posted next week.
According to Bell, delivery may be an option if you mention this to the staff member taking your takeout order and the timing is right.
“Brad, our baker, and I live in Peterborough, so we can deliver to Peterborough but just at certain times of the day,” she explains. “For me, it has to be at the end of the day.”
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Bell encourages those who can’t make it out to Millbrook but want to try their goodies to visit any of the Peterborough locations they supply. Electric City Works Cafe, Kyoto Coffee, and The Food Shop all offer Pastry Peddler’s baked goods.
Supporting Pastry Peddler by ordering takeout or by buying their baked goods at the Peterborough locations means you are supporting a locally owned business that gives back to the community. Pastry Peddler consistently supports local charitable causes.
For example, Pastry Peddler donated one dollar from every cupcake sold from February 16th to 20th to the Peterborough Humane Society.
In February, Pastry Peddler ran a cupcake fundraiser for the Peterborough Humane Society. One dollar from every cupcake sold was donated to the Peterborough Humane Society. One of the Pastry Peddler bakers, who is also their decorator, made puppy cupcakes for the occasion. (Photo courtesy of Pastry Peddler)
Bell says she is incredibly grateful to the community that has shown Pastry Peddler so much support over the last tough year.
Currently, Pastry Peddler remains open for takeout from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays to Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Fridays, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The bakery and cafe is currently closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Pastry Peddler is located at 17 County Road 21 in Millbrook. For more information, visit www.pastrypeddler.ca. You can get in touch with the Pastry Peddler team and support them virtually by following them on Facebook and Instagram, where you’ll also find photos of their latest delectable creations.
Selling whole-sized foil cakes is one of many new Pastry Peddler offerings that have come about during the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Pastry Peddler)The Pastry Peddler’s blueberry and white chocolate muffins, with trail mix scones in the background. (Photo courtesy of Pastry Peddler)Cinnamon rolls fresh out of the oven. Visit the Pastry Peddler’s social media accounts for daily offerings, which sell out quickly. (Photo courtesy of Pastry Peddler)
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
On the third day of the provincial shutdown, Ontario is reporting 5,979 new COVID-19 cases over the past two days, including 3,041 yesterday and 2,938 today. Since April 3, the seven-day average of daily cases has increased by 206 to 2,758.
Over the past two days, there have been 98 more confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, 1 more confirmed case of the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and 1 more case of the P.1 Brazilian variant.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 38 new cases to report and an additional 13 cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region increasing by 22 from yesterday to 273 — with the increase in active cases entirely within the Hastings Prince Edward region due to ongoing outbreaks primarily in Quinte West and Belleville. Peterborough is only reporting 1 new cases, with active cases down to 67, but the health unit is also reporting the 11th death in the region.
See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit. Note: due to Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit has not issued an update since April 3.
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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (906), Peel (553), York (391), Ottawa (230), Durham (140), and Niagara (124).
There are double-digit increases today in Hamilton (84), Middlesex-London (71, down from 117 yesterday), Simcoe Muskoka (68), Halton (61), Waterloo (43), Windsor-Essex (42), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (40), Eastern Ontario (32), Sudbury (28), Brant (28), Southwestern (15), Hastings Prince Edward (11), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (11), and Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (10), with smaller increases in Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (9), Peterborough (9), Chatham-Kent (8), Lambton (8), Thunder Bay (7), Grey Bruce (7), and Huron Perth (6).
The remaining 7 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with only 1 health unit (Timiskaming) reporting no new cases.
Of today’s new cases, 56% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,085) among people ages 20-39 followed by 862 cases among people ages 40-59 and 550 cases among people 19 and under.
With 3,660 more cases resolved over the past two days, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.5% to 91.0%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 2.8% to 7.8%, meaning that 78 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 4.
Ontario is reporting 22 new COVID-19 deaths over the past two days, including 12 yesterday and 10 today, with 2 new deaths in long-term care homes over the past two days. Ontario has averaged 16 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 since April 3.
The number of hospitalizations increased yesterday by 11 to 811 and today by 131 to 942, but both numbers excludes data from more than 10% of hospitals so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher. Over the past two days, the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 43 to 494 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 34 to 293.
A total of 82,943 tests were completed over the past two days, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 7,310 to 17,739.
A total of 2,545,640 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 121,577 over the past two days, with 322,197 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 728 since April 3.
The number of fully vaccinated people now represents 2.19% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.01% from April 3, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 17.28% of the population, an increase of 0.83% from April 3. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 38 new cases to report, including 37 in Hastings Prince Edward and 1 in Peterborough. Current numbers for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are unavailable as the health unit has not issued updates for either Easter Sunday or Easter Monday.
There has been 1 new COVID-related death in Peterborough. No details have been provided by the health unit.
There are 3 new regional cases of presumed variants of concern in Hastings Prince Edward, and there is 1 new hospitalization in Hastings Prince Edward.
An additional 13 cases have been resolved, including 8 in Peterborough and 5 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 273 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 22 from yesterday, including 137 in Hastings Prince Edward (51 in Quinte West, 48 in Belleville, 8 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 11 in Prince Edward County, 15 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 67 in Peterborough, 33 in Northumberland, 28 in Kawartha Lakes, and 8 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 919 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (841 resolved with 11 deaths), 602 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (532 resolved with 55 deaths), 516 in Northumberland County (471 resolved with 12 deaths), 73 in Haliburton County (64 resolved with 1 death), and 609 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (462 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on April 5.
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).
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: 919 (increase of 1) Total variants of concern cases: 212 (decrease of 4) Active cases: 67 (decrease of 8) Close contacts: 234 (decrease of 10) Deaths: 11 (increase of 1) Resolved: 841 (increase of 8) Hospitalizations (total to date): 31 (no change)* Total tests completed: Over 47,200 (increase of 100) Outbreaks: Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #1 in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #2 in Peterborough, Champlain Annex at Trent University in Peterborough, Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School in Peterborough (no change) Vaccine doses administered: 30,433 (last updated April 1)
*As of April 5, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and 25 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).
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. No report was issued on Easter Sunday or Easter Monday; these numbers are from April 3.
Confirmed positive: 1,191, including 602 in Kawartha Lakes, 516 in Northumberland, and 73 in Haliburton (increase of 27, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, and 7 in Haliburton)* Cases with N501Y mutation: 76, including 33 in Kawartha Lakes and 43 in Northumberland (increase of 26, including 12 in Kawartha Lakes and 14 in Northumberland)** Active cases: 69, including 28 in Kawartha Lakes, 33 in Northumberland, and 8 in Haliburton (increase of 18, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in in Northumberland, and 7 in Haliburton) Probable cases: 3, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland (increase of 2 in Kawartha Lakes) High-risk contacts: 207, including 56 in Kawartha Lakes, 105 in Northumberland, and 15 in Haliburton (increase of 62)*** Hospitalizations (total to date): 51, including 31 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)**** Deaths (including among probable cases): 68, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change) Resolved: 1,067, including 532 in Kawartha Lakes, 471 in Northumberland, 64 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Northumberland) Tests completed: 164,133 (increase of 694) Vaccine doses administered: 23,198 (last updated on March 29) Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,618 (last updated on March 29) Outbreaks: Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg (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.
**The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant.
***This total includes an additional 31 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
****As of April 5, 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: 609 (increase of 37) Confirmed variants of concern cases: 61 (increase of 3) Active cases: 137 (increase of 20) Deaths: 6 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 4 (increase of 1) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (decrease of 1) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 462 (increase of 5) Tests completed: 88,906 (increase of 5,967) Vaccine doses administered: 33,951 (increase of 74) Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,098 (increase of 1) Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace in Trenton, Unidentified setting in Belleville, Unidentified child care facility in Belleville, Unidentified workplace in Quinte West (no change)
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Province of Ontario
April 4, 2021
Confirmed positive: 364,537 (increase of 2,938) COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) confirmed cases: 2,135 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 21); 71 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (no change); 103 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change) VOC R(t): 1.25 (no change, last updated April 1)* 7-day average of daily new cases: 2,758 (increase of 127) Resolved: 331,600 (increase of 1,761), 91.0% of all cases (decrease of 0.2%) Positivity rate: 7.8% (increase of 1.3%) Hospitalizations: 942 (increase of 131)** Hospitalizations in ICU: 494 (increase of 18) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 293 (increase of 31) Deaths: 7,450 (increase of 10) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 16 (no change) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,903 (increase of 2) Total tests completed: 12,817,856 (increase of 36,563) Tests under investigation: 17,739 (decrease of 1,950) Vaccination doses administered: 2,545,640 (increase of 52,452), 17.28% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.36%)*** People fully vaccinated (two doses): 322,197 (increase of 149), 2.19% of Ontario’s population (no change)***
*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.
**As more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report, the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher than reported.
***An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
April 3, 2021
Confirmed positive: 361,599 (increase of 3,041) COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) confirmed cases: 2,114 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 72); 71 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 1); 103 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 1) VOC R(t): 1.25 (increase of 0.01, last updated April 1)* 7-day average of daily new cases: 2,631 (increase of 79) Resolved: 329,839 (increase of 1,899), 91.2% of all cases (decrease of 0.3%) Positivity rate: 6.5% (increase of 1.5%) – April 4 7.8% Hospitalizations: 811 (increase of 15)** Hospitalizations in ICU: 476 (increase of 25) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 262 (increase of 1) Deaths: 7,440 (increase of 12) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 16 (decrease of 1) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,901 (no change) Total tests completed: 12,781,293 (increase of 46,380) Tests under investigation: 19,689 (decrease of 5,360) Vaccination doses administered: 2,493,188 (increase of 69,125), 16.92% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.47%)*** People fully vaccinated (two doses): 322,048 (increase of 579), 2.19% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.01%)***
*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.
**As more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report, the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher than reported.
***An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from March 5 – April 4, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from March 5 – April 4, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from March 5 – April 4, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving 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 moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from March 5 – April 4, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily deaths, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of daily deaths. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Ontario from March 5 – April 4, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of daily doses. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
A 76-year-old Peterborough resident is dead after an accident in North Kawartha Township on Easter Sunday (April 4).
At around 2 p.m. on Sunday, Peterborough County OPP and emergency crews responded to a report of an ATV collision on an unmarked trail near Anstruther Lake Road.
According to police, the 76-year-old driver from Peterborough lost control of their ATV while travelling down a steep embankment.
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The vehicle collided with several trees. The driver, who was wearing a helmet, died as a result of injuries suffered in the collision.
A post-mortem examination will be conducted in Toronto.
Police, who have not released the identity of the driver, continue to investigate the cause of the collision.
Champlain Annex is a student residence at Trent University in Peterborough. (Photo: Trent University)
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Today’s update is smaller than usual, as provincial data is unavailable on Easter Sunday. Sunday’s provincial data will be included in Monday’s update.
Two regional health units are supplying reports on Easter Sunday: Peterborough Public Health and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health. Information from Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit will be provided on Monday.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 17 new cases to report, including 10 in Hastings Prince Edward and 7 in Peterborough.
A new outbreak was declared at Champlain Annex at Trent University in Peterborough on April 3, after three positive cases were confirmed in the Annex residence building on Water Street, across from the Symons Campus.
A new outbreak at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School in Peterborough was declared on April 4 (details unavailable).
There are 21 new regional cases of presumed variants of concern, including 14 in Hastings Prince Edward and 7 in Peterborough.
An additional 14 cases have been resolved, including 8 in in Hastings Prince Edward. and 6 in Peterborough. An outbreak at Gzowski College student residence at Trent University was declared over on April 3.
There are currently 251 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 1 from yesterday, including 107 in Hastings Prince Edward (39 in Quinte West, 35 in Belleville, 9 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 8 in Prince Edward County, 12 in Central Hastings, and 2 in North Hastings), 75 in Peterborough, 33 in Northumberland, 28 in Kawartha Lakes, and 8 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 918 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (833 resolved with 10 deaths), 602 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (532 resolved with 55 deaths), 516 in Northumberland County (471 resolved with 12 deaths), 73 in Haliburton County (64 resolved with 1 death), and 574 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (457 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on March 16.
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: 918 (increase of 7) Total variants of concern cases: 216 (increase of 6) Active cases: 75 (increase of 1) Close contacts: 244 (increase of 19) Deaths: 10 (no change) Resolved: 833 (increase of 6) Hospitalizations (total to date): 31 (no change)* Total tests completed: Over 47,100 (increase of 150) Outbreaks: Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #1 in Peterborough, Unidentified workplace #2 in Peterborough, Champlain Annex at Trent University in Peterborough, Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School in Peterborough (net increase of 1)** Vaccine doses administered: 30,433 (last updated April 1)
*As of April 1, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and 25 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (increase of 1).
**An outbreak at Gzowski College student residence at Trent University was declared over on April 3. A new outbreak was declared at Champlain Annex at Trent University in Peterborough on April 3, after three positive cases were confirmed in the Annex residence building on Water Street, across from the Symons Campus. A new outbreak at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School in Peterborough was declared on April 4.
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: 574 (increase of 10) Confirmed variants of concern cases: 58 (increase of 14) Active cases: 107 (no change) Deaths: 6 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 3 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 2 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 457 (increase of 8) Tests completed: 114,430 Vaccine doses administered: 33,877 (increase of 598) Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,097 (increase of 8) Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace in Trenton, Unidentified setting in Belleville, Unidentified child care facility in Belleville, Unidentified workplace in Quinte West (no change)
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Holiday reporting
A provincial report will not be available on Easter Sunday. Sunday numbers will be reported in Monday’s update. Depending on the availability of reports from local health unit reports, kawarthaNOW may or may not issue a COVID-19 update on Easter Sunday.
With the provincial shutdown taking effect today, Ontario is reporting 6,098 new COVID-19 cases over the past two days, including 3,089 yesterday and 3,009 today. Since April 1, the seven-day average of daily cases has increased by 211 to 2,552.
Over the past two days, there are 89 more confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant and 3 more confirmed cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant.
The third wave is intensifying in the greater Kawarthas region. With 69 new cases to report and an additional 22 cases resolved, the number of active cases across the region has spiked by 52 from yesterday to 250. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit.
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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (954), Peel (434), York (348), Ottawa (205), Hamilton (146), Middlesex-London (145), and Durham (138).
There are double-digit increases today in Halton (91), Niagara (77), Simcoe Muskoka (72), Waterloo (65), Windsor-Essex (45), Eastern Ontario (44), Lambton (34), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (31), Brant (27), Sudbury (25), Southwestern (16), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (15), Chatham-Kent (14), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (12), Hastings Prince Edward (11), and Northwestern (10), with smaller increases in Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (9), Peterborough (9), Haldimand-Norfolk (7), Thunder Bay (6), and Algoma (6).
The remaining 6 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with all health units reporting at least 1 case.
Of today’s new cases, 58% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,093) among people ages 20-39 followed by 805 cases among people ages 40-59.
With 3,744 more cases resolved over the past two days, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.5% to 91.5%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.4% to 5.0%, meaning that 50 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on April 2.
Ontario is reporting 39 new COVID-19 deaths over the past two days, including 23 yesterday and 16 today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes over the past two days. Ontario has averaged 17 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 from April 1.
On Friday, the number of hospitalizations increased by 46 to 1,162. Today, hospitalizations have decreased by 366 to 796, but this number excludes data from more than 10% of hospitals so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher. Over the past two days, the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 18 to 451 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators increasing by 2 to 261.
A total of 101,513 tests were completed over the past two days, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 17,008 to 25,049.
A total of 2,424,063 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 147,750 over the past two days, with 321,469 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 3,754 from April 1.
The number of fully vaccinated people now represents 2.18% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.02% from April 1, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 16.45% of the population, an increase of 1.0% from April 1. An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 69 new cases to report, including 22 in Hastings Prince Edward, 20 in Peterborough, 14 in Northumberland, 7 in Haliburton, and 6 in Kawartha Lakes.
An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Quinte West was declared on April 2.
There are 29 new regional cases of presumed variants of concern, including 14 in Northumberland, 12 in Kawartha Lakes, and 3 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There is 1 new hospitalization in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
An additional 22 cases have been resolved, including 8 in Peterborough, 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 4 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 250 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 52 from yesterday, including 107 in Hastings Prince Edward (38 in Quinte West, 36 in Belleville, 10 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 7 in Prince Edward County, 13 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 74 in Peterborough, 33 in Northumberland, 28 in Kawartha Lakes, and 8 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 911 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (827 resolved with 10 deaths), 602 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (532 resolved with 55 deaths), 516 in Northumberland County (471 resolved with 12 deaths), 73 in Haliburton County (64 resolved with 1 death), and 565 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (449 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on March 16.
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).
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: 911 (increase of 19)* Total variants of concern cases: 206 (no change) Active cases: 74 (increase of 11) Close contacts: 225 (decrease of 13) Deaths: 10 (no change) Resolved: 827 (increase of 8) Hospitalizations (total to date): 31 (increase of 1)** Total tests completed: Over 46,950 (increase of 150) Outbreaks: Gzowski College student residence at Trent University, Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough, Workplace #1 in City of Peterborough, Workplace #2 in City of Peterborough (no change) Vaccine doses administered: 30,433 (last updated April 1)
*The health unit is reporting 20 cases in the last 24 hours, with 1 previous case removed from the total case count.
**As of April 1, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and 25 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (increase of 1).
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. No report was issued on Good Friday; these numbers include April 2 and 3.
Confirmed positive: 1,191, including 602 in Kawartha Lakes, 516 in Northumberland, and 73 in Haliburton (increase of 27, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, and 7 in Haliburton)* Cases with N501Y mutation: 76, including 33 in Kawartha Lakes and 43 in Northumberland (increase of 26, including 12 in Kawartha Lakes and 14 in Northumberland)** Active cases: 69, including 28 in Kawartha Lakes, 33 in Northumberland, and 8 in Haliburton (increase of 18, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in in Northumberland, and 7 in Haliburton) Probable cases: 3, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland (increase of 2 in Kawartha Lakes) High-risk contacts: 207, including 56 in Kawartha Lakes, 105 in Northumberland, and 15 in Haliburton (increase of 62)*** Hospitalizations (total to date): 51, including 31 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)**** Deaths (including among probable cases): 68, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change) Resolved: 1,067, including 532 in Kawartha Lakes, 471 in Northumberland, 64 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 6 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Northumberland) Tests completed: 164,133 (increase of 694) Vaccine doses administered: 23,198 (last updated on March 29) Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,618 (last updated on March 29) Outbreaks: Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg (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.
**The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant.
***This total includes an additional 31 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
****As of April 1, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 (decrease 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: 565 (increase of 22) Confirmed variants of concern cases: 44 (increase of 3) Active cases: 107 (increase of 18) Deaths: 6 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 3 (increase of 1) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 2 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 449 (increase of 4) Tests completed: 82,939 (no change) Vaccine doses administered: 33,280 (increase of 519) Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,089 (increase of 154) Outbreaks: Unidentified workplace in Trenton, Unidentified setting in Belleville, Unidentified child care facility in Belleville, Unidentified workplace in Quinte West (increase of 1)*
*An outbreak at an unidentified workplace in Quinte West was declared on April 2.
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Province of Ontario
April 3, 2021
Confirmed positive: 358,558 (increase of 3,009) COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) confirmed cases: 2,042 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 20); 70 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (no change); 102 of P.1 Brazilian variant (decrease of 1) VOC R(t): 1.24 (no change, last updated March 30)* 7-day average of daily new cases: 2,552 (increase of 79) Resolved: 327,940 (increase of 1,819), 91.5% of all cases (decrease of 0.2%) Positivity rate: 5.0% (increase of 0.4%) Hospitalizations: 796 (decrease of 366)** Hospitalizations in ICU: 451 (increase of 16) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 261 (decrease of 10) Deaths: 7,428 (increase of 16) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 17 (no change) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,901 (no change) Total tests completed: 12,734,913 (increase of 59,117) Tests under investigation: 25,049 (decrease of 14,174) Vaccination doses administered: 2,424,063 (increase of 59,567), 16.45% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.40%)*** People fully vaccinated (two doses): 321,469 (increase of 1,119), 2.18% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.01%)***
*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.
**As more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report, the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher than reported.
***An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.
April 2, 2021
Confirmed positive: 355,549 (increase of 3,089) COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) confirmed cases: 2,022 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 69); 70 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 3); 103 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 7) VOC R(t): 1.24 (decrease of .09, last updated March 30)* 7-day average of daily new cases: 2,473 (increase of 132) Resolved: 326,121 (increase of 1,925), 91.7% of all cases (decrease of 0.3%) Positivity rate: 4.6% (decrease of 0.2%) Hospitalizations: 1,162 (increase of 46) Hospitalizations in ICU: 435 (increase of 2) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 271 (increase of 12) Deaths: 7,412 (increase of 23) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 17 (increase of 1) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,901 (no change) Total tests completed: 12,675,796 (increase of 62,333) Tests under investigation: 39,223 (decrease of 2,834) Vaccination doses administered: 2,364,496 (increase of 88,183), 16.05% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.60%)** People fully vaccinated (two doses): 320,350 (increase of 2,635), 2.17% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.01%)**
*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 March 3 – April 2, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from March 3 – April 2, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from March 3 – April 2, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving 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 moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from March 3 – April 2, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily deaths, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of daily deaths. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Ontario from March 3 – April 2, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of daily doses. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
In the hilarious fringe theatre hit "Three Men on a Bike", David Difrancesco, Matt Pilipiak, and Victor Pokinko play a trio of hapless upper-middle class gentlemen who get caught up in the great European bicycling craze at the end of the 19th century. The play, running July 6th to 17th, is one of eight productions planned at Globus Theatre at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon this summer. (Photo: Pea Green Theatre Group)
Pandemic willing, Globus Theatre at Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon has announced it is proceeding with a summer season, extended by an additional four weeks to accommodate the reduced audience capacity limits of COVID-19.
The non-profit theatre company’s summer season — planned to begin on Thursday, May 20th and conclude on Saturday, September 4th — includes two staged readings, four plays, and two musical shows. All productions will have COVID-19 health and safety measures in place, including additional spacing between patrons.
Of course, whether the indoor summer season begins on May 20th as planned depends on what happens with the pandemic over the six weeks. If the province is no longer in shutdown and the City of Kawartha Lakes moves back into anything other than the ‘Red-Control’ or ‘Grey-Lockdown’ levels of Ontario’s COVID-19 response framework, indoor events can proceed with a maximum of 50 people.
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“Great consideration was afforded to what we could produce safely,” says Globus Theatre’s artistic director Sarah Quick, pointing to the theatre company’s abbreviated season in 2020 as an “excellent learning experience as to how best to provide quality entertainment in a safe setting.”
“We are continuing with our limited audiences of 50,” Quick adds. “This means that even if allowed to open to higher numbers as the summer progresses, we will not. You can be assured that you will be distanced from your fellow theatre lovers regardless of a loosening in restrictions.”
The first show of the season is scheduled for May 20th, when Ellen Denny will present a staged reading of her new play Pleasureville, about a woman who moves from the city to a small town and opens a sex shop. Denny is the co-creator of february: a love story, which debuted outdoors at the Lakeview Arts Barn this past February.
How tables will be spaced at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon for Globus Theatre’s summer 2021 productions. (Photo courtesy of Globus Theatre)
The first full production of the season would take place from May 25th to June 5th, when audience favourite Leisa Way and her Wayward Wind Band return to the Lakeview Arts Barn with Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot, a concert celebrating the hits of one of Canada’s greatest singer-songwriters.
On June 11th and 12th, Armon Ghaeinizadeh and Justine Christensen deliver a staged reading of Broken Glass, a modern reimagining of Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie with live musical accompaniment.
From June 16th to July 3rd, Globus Theatre presents a play by audience favourite Norm Foster. Here on the Flight Path, starring Sarah Quick and Globus’ artistic producer James Barrett, has been described as Foster’s funniest play. It follows John Cummings who, over the course of three years, has three very different women as neighbours. As he interacts with them on the balcony of his apartment, each has a unique impact on his life.
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From July 6th to July 17th, Victor Pokinko and Matt Pilipiak reprise their roles from the award-winning Three Men in a Boat, which was performed at the Lakeview Arts Barn in July 2015, in the hilarious sequel Three Men on a Bike. Pokinko and Pilipiak, this time joined by David Difrancesco, play three upper-middle class gentlemen who get caught up in the great European bicycling craze at the end of the 19th century.
From July 21st to August 7th, Globus switches gears from comedy to murder mystery with the original production The Great Cottage Catastrophe. In the idyllic town of “Doncaygeon”, a hot cottage country real estate market results in bidding wars &mash; and murder. In this interactive play, audience members help solve the whodunit.
From August 11th to 28th, Globus remounts the audience favourite Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell, starring Sarah Quick as the lovable Brit in the hopeful and inspiration show.
Located at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon, Globus Theatre is a registered not-for-profit charitable organization mandated to provide professional theatre to the local Kawartha Lakes community and visitors. (Photo courtesy of Globus Theatre)
The summer season closes with Gabs Sings Babs, featuring award-winning stage and cabaret performer Gabi Epstein sharing her own journey of self-discovery through reimagined versions of her idol Barbra Streisand’s greatest hits. The production runs from September 1st to September 4th.
Tickets will go on sale for donors on Tuesday, April 6th, and for the general public on Thursday, April 6th. Tickets can be booked by calling the box office at 705-738-2037.
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