The Ontario government has extended the province’s state of emergency for another 14 days, until Tuesday, February 9th.
All emergency orders are also extended for 14 days, including the stay-at-home order, the prohibition on residential evictions, and the enforcement of COVID-19 measures such as police authority to disperse public gatherings of more than five people.
The province declared the state of the emergency on January 12 under section 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA).
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The state of emergency was originally set to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday (January 26). Under the EMCPA, the government can extend a state of emergency for an additional 14 days.
After February 9th, the province can decide to extend the state of emergency for additional periods of up to 28 days, but these extensions require the approval of the Ontario legislature.
Emergency orders under the EMCPA can only be extended for periods of up to 14 days at a time, but these extensions do not require the approval of the Ontario legislature.
Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development's Business Advisory Centre has entirely transformed its services for entrepreneurs into a virtual format while also expanding them. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur with a great idea or an experienced business owner looking to expand, the Business Advisory Centre has a wide range of online business advisory and learning services that can help you achieve success. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)
Over the past year, every entrepreneur in the Peterborough area has had to adjust and innovate in some way to meet the challenges created by the pandemic. So it comes as no surprise that Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development’s Business Advisory Centre (BAC) has done the same, by entirely transforming its services for entrepreneurs into a virtual format while also expanding them.
One of 57 small business enterprise centres funded by the Government of Ontario, the BAC provides support for local entrepreneurs of every age and at every stage of starting, growing, or acquiring a business. To do this, the BAC has traditionally offered in-person consultation, support, and workshops. When the pandemic made this impossible in 2020, BAC began providing virtual versions of its services.
Now, after almost a year of learning how best to deliver business support services virtually, the BAC has moved its entire business advisory and learning services online.
“If COVID has shown us anything, it’s that we must all be able to adapt and be creative in order to remain competitive or relevant in the marketplace,” says Hillary Manion, Entrepreneurship Officer with Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development.
Hillary Manion, Entrepreneurship Officer, Business Advisory Centre. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)
Not only does the BAC’s digital transformation allow it to continue offering the same suite of services as in the past, but to expand its capacity to reach and support even more entrepreneurs in the region.
In fact, the BAC recently hired a new Virtual Service Advisor to support local entrepreneurs, with a focus on connecting start-ups with assistance and resources to launch their business — something that’s happened more and more during the pandemic as people lose their jobs and decide it’s time to try something new.
“Starting a business can be daunting for a lot of people as they might be leaving a good career or walking away from something that they’ve been doing for a long time,” Manion says. “Entrepreneurs will us ask questions like, ‘I have a great idea but can it make me enough money to live? Is it feasible? What do I have to do to make my business stand out?’ The BAC can help entrepreneurs figure that out and navigate that transition.”
Manion says the BAC has learned much about the challenges and threats entrepreneurs are facing during the pandemic and has enhanced its services to help businesses meet those challenges and threats. However, the BAC can also help with other common issues faced by growing businesses.
“Our services and resources aren’t just for businesses affected by the pandemic,” she points out. “They can be useful for any situation. For example, when you have a new competitor and you don’t want your business to become stagnant, or you need to identify new revenue streams or new customer segments, or you need to write a business plan because you’re looking for funding or applying for a grant.”
By shifting its business support services online, Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development’s Business Advisory Centre has expanded its capacity to reach and support even more entrepreneurs in the region. The Business Advisory Centre can help new entrepreneurs learn the steps required to launch a new business successfully, and can help existing business owners identify new revenue streams or new customer segments. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)
She adds that, while many entrepreneurs may be happy with their existing clientele, they might be overlooking potential new customers because they haven’t adjusted their marketing plan to include a digital platform — something that’s critical during a pandemic when even more people are doing business online.
“Every business at this point should have some sort of digital aspect,” Manion says. “I don’t think that every business needs to be 100 per cent online, but this is a time for entrepreneurs to ask themselves, ‘What is the best way to reach my clients?’ and ‘Am I missing out on potential clients?'”
With the BAC’s digital transformation now complete, the centre has even more options available to help entrepreneurs succeed. Here are a few:
Live chat with a Virtual Service Advisor (with extended business hours)
This past December, through provincial funding provided to the Small Business Enterprise Centres network, Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development created a new Virtual Service Advisor. The role is currently filled by Michael Tamane, who can connect start-ups with support and resources to launch their business.
Tamane is the first point of contact for the BAC and can help with general questions like, “I want to start a business, what is the next step?”, “I have an idea for a business, how can I make it happen?”, or “I can’t conduct business as usual, so what can I do?”
Michael Tamane, Virtual Service Advisor, Business Advisory Centre. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)
Manion says Tamane is another BAC resource that local business owners can take advantage of, free of charge, to breathe life into their business endeavour, during a time and on a platform that is most convenient for them.
“Michael can decipher what stage you’re at in your business and can give you resources that are specific to what you need to do,” says Manion.
Tamane brings expertise and experience to the BAC with a Master of Business Administration from Brock University and has completed an International Business Exchange at the Surrey School of Business in the UK.
The BAC’s Virtual Service Advisor offers extended hours and virtual services through online live chat, email, and phone and is available to consult with entrepreneurs during hours that work with their busy schedules: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesdays from noon to 8 p.m. until September 2021.
One-on-one consultation with a GrowthWheel certified business advisor
Both Hillary Manion and Michael Tamane are both certified advisors for GrowthWheel, an internationally recognized, hands-on, action-oriented program designed to help entrepreneurs at all stages overcome their barriers to growth. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)
Business owners may notice another new face at the BAC — that being Manion herself. Taking on the role of Madeleine Hurrell while she’s on parental leave, Manion is a certified GrowthWheel advisor.
GrowthWheel is an internationally recognized, hands-on, action-oriented program designed to help entrepreneurs at all stages overcome their barriers to growth.
Along with her colleague Tamane, Manion can provide GrowthWheel advisory services as well as assistance with business plan reviews and business pitches.
“We will do a 360-degree perspective of your business to identify the key areas that we want to work on with you,” says Manion.
Online learning courses (on-demand and at your own pace)
Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development’s Business Advisory Centre offers a series of virtual workshops based on in-demand topics suggested by local entrepreneurs, such as basic business planning, marketing and branding, identifying your customer base, and crisis management. All online learning courses are free and available to take from the comfort of your home and at your own pace. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)
During the past year, Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development invested heavily in online learning and the enhancement of online tools and resources to provide comprehensive business education support to even more businesses.
The BAC offers a series of virtual workshops based on in-demand topics suggested by local entrepreneurs, such as basic business planning, marketing and branding, identifying your customer base, and crisis management.
“This is a fairly comprehensive course that will walk you through all the stages of planning your business, and from that you’ll know what you’re going to work on going forward,” she explains. “Many entrepreneurs have amazing ideas but they don’t necessarily know the next steps. The BAC will help them lay down the building blocks and work through those steps.”
Once you complete the New Venture Online E-Learning Course, Manion suggests moving on to the following Business Fundamentals workshops:
Local entrepreneurs in a recent intake of the Starter Company Plus program participating in an online meeting. The new virtual format of the program actually encouraged the participants to connect with each other more than they might have in person. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)
Until further notice, the BAC’s entrepreneurship programs — Starter Company Plus and Summer Company — have also shifted online.
Starter Company Plus, an eight-week program that provides business training and micro-grants to both aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs, has received positive reviews from participants since going virtual in the fall.
Manion says the online format actually encouraged the 12 participants to connect with each other more than they might have in person.
“The participants created their own digital network between them,” she says. “They probably networked more through their private Facebook group, talking and emailing each other back and forth all the time.”
By going virtual, the BAC also had access to a broader range of guest speakers and participants were forced to become more innovative when pitching their business ideas at the end of the program.
“This time around, instead of pitching in front of a panel of judges, participants get to submit a 10-minute video,” Manion explains. “The video pitch is an opportunity for participants to get really creative and show off their business idea and even themselves in a way that a five-minute speech in front of a panel of judges won’t give them.”
Opening a new business or growing an existing one is never an easy feat, let alone during a pandemic. But Manion says 2021 is a time for entrepreneurs to really shine because people are looking to buy local and are looking for different alternatives.
“This is an excellent time for entrepreneurs to make a change.”
On January 25, 2021, Ontario premier Doug Ford announced the province is accelerating the completion of vaccinations for residents of long-term care homes and high-risk retirement homes by February 5 instead of February 15. (CPAC screenshot)
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
On the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Canada, the province is reporting 1,958 new cases — the lowest single-day increase since December 28, when 1,939 cases were reported. The seven-day average of daily cases across the province has decreased by 88 to 2,371.
As Ontario deals with delays of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the first shipments of the Moderna vaccine arrived in the greater Kawartha region, Ontario premier Doug Ford announced the province is accelerating the completion of vaccinations for residents of long-term care homes and high-risk retirement homes by February 5 instead of February 15.
“Due to the delay in the next shipment of Pfizer vaccine doses, we are ensuring all available supplies are redirected to those who need them most: our residents in long-term care and retirement homes,” Ford said. “I know this will mean that some people may have to reschedule their vaccine appointments, but it is critical that our most vulnerable seniors receive the protection they need as soon as possible.”
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 24 new cases to report and 36 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing by 13 to 159. There have been 3 new COVID-related deaths in Kawartha Lakes.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (727), Peel (365), and York (157).
There are double-digit increases in Windsor-Essex (85), Niagara (82), Durham (62), Hamilton (55), Halton (54), Ottawa (51), Middlesex-London (46), Simcoe Muskoka (41), Waterloo (39), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (35), Huron Perth (29), Southwestern (28), Chatham-Kent (22), Lambton (19), Eastern Ontario (11), and Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (11), with smaller increases in Brant (9) and Sudbury (8).
The remaining 13 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 3 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 52% are among people 40 and older, with the highest number of cases (696) among people ages 20-39, followed by 604 cases among people ages 40-59. With 2,448 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to 88.5%.
The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased since yesterday by 1.3% to 5.5%, meaning that 55 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on January 24.
Ontario is reporting 43 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 27 in long-term care homes. Hospitalizations have decreased by 38 from yesterday to 1,398, but this number excludes data from around 10% of hospitals so is likely under-reported. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 5 to 397, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has decreased by 28 to 283.
A total of 35,968 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 9,004 to 14,991. A total of 286,110 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 5,537 from yesterday, with 71,256 vaccinations completed (i.e., both doses administered), an increase of 8,375 from yesterday.
There will be no data to report for cases in schools in the greater Kawarthas region until January 26. There are 30 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, an increase of 3 from January 22, with 21 cases among children and 9 cases among staff.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 24 new cases to report, including 15 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Northumberland, 1 in Haliburton, and 1 in Peterborough. There are no new cases in Hastings Prince Edward.
There have been 3 new COVID-related deaths in Kawartha Lakes; no details have been provided by the health unit. There is 1 new COVID-related hospitalization in Haliburton. There are currently 16 patients with COVID-19 in Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
An additional 36 cases have been resolved, including 16 in Northumberland, 9 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Peterborough, 2 in Haliburton, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward. Outbreaks at Fenelon Court in Fenelon Falls, Maplewood long-term care home in Brighton, and Canadian Centre for Addictions in Port Hope have been declared resolved.
There are currently 159 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 13 from yesterday, including 68 in Kawartha Lakes, 42 in Peterborough, 26 in Northumberland, 18 in Hastings Prince Edward (10 in Quinte West, 7 in Belleville, and 1 in Prince Edward County), and 5 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 515 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (466 resolved with 7 deaths), 408 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (314 resolved with 39 deaths), 364 in Northumberland County (331 resolved with 6 deaths), 47 in Haliburton County (42 resolved with no deaths), and 365 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (342 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent three deaths were reported in Kawartha Lakes on January 25.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 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: 515 (increase of 1) Active cases: 42 (decrease of 6) Close contacts: 72 (decrease of 5) Deaths: 7 (no change) Resolved: 466 (increase of 7) Hospitalizations (total to date): 22 (increase of 1)* Total tests completed: Over 41,150 (increase of 150) Outbreaks: The Regency retirement home in Lakefield, Centennial Place long-term care home in Millbrook, Peterborough Regional Health Centre (no change)
*As of January 25, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 16 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, with fewer than 10 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive.
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 statutory holidays. These numbers are for January 24 and 25.
Confirmed positive: 818, including 408 in Kawartha Lakes, 363 in Northumberland, and 47 in Haliburton (increase of 23, including 15 in Kawartha Lakes, 7 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)* Active cases: 99, including 68 in Kawartha Lakes, 26 in Northumberland, and 5 in Haliburton (net decrease of 6) Probable cases: 2 in Kawartha Lakes (decrease of 1, in Northumberland) High-risk contacts: 152, including 74 in Kawartha Lakes, 52 in Northumberland, and 13 in Haliburton (net increase of 2)** Hospitalizations (total to date): 31, including 21 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Haliburton)*** Deaths (including among probable cases): 45, including 39 in Kawartha Lakes and 6 in Northumberland (increase of 3 in Kawartha Lakes) Resolved: 687, including 314 in Kawartha Lakes, 331 in Northumberland, 42 in Haliburton (increase of 27, including 9 in Kawartha Lakes, 16 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton) Institutional outbreaks: Hope St. Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope, Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Tower of Port Hope, Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg, Warkworth Place long-term care home in Warkworth, Caressant Care retirement home in Lindsay, Caressant Care nursing home in Lindsay (decrease of 3)****
*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.
**This total includes an additional 13 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of January 25, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19
***Outbreaks at Fenelon Court in Fenelon Falls, Maplewood long-term care home in Brighton, and Canadian Centre for Addictions in Port Hope have been declared resolved.
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, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 365 (no change) Active cases: 20 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 342 (increase of 2) Tests completed: 42,632 (increase of 243) Vaccines administered: 393 (no change) Institutional outbreaks: Crown Ridge long-term care home in Quinte West (decrease of 1)*
*The outbreak at Hastings Manor Beech Villa in Belleville was declared over on January 23.
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 256,960 (increase of 1,958) Resolved: 227,494 (increase of 2,448, 88.5% of all cases) Positivity rate: 5.5% (increase of 1.3%) Hospitalized: 1,398 (decrease of 38)* Hospitalized and in ICU: 397 (increase of 5) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 283 (decrease of 28) Deaths: 5,846 (increase of 43) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,427 (increase of 27) Total tests completed: 9,344,959 (increase of 35,968) Tests under investigation: 14,991 (decrease of 9,004) Vaccination doses administered: 286,110 (increase of 5,537) Vaccination completed (both doses): 71,256 (increase of 8,375)
*This number excludes data from around 10% of hospitals so is likely under-reported.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from December 25, 2020 – January 24, 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 December 25, 2020 – January 24, 2021. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, 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 December 25, 2020 – January 24, 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 is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from December 25, 2020 – January 24, 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)
Residents of Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, which in March 2020 suffered the largest COVID-19 outbreak in Ontario at the time, will be among the first to receive doses of the Moderna vaccine received by the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit on January 25, 2021. (Photo: Central East CCAC / YouTube)
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit announced on Monday (January 25) it has received its first allocation of COVID-19 vaccines — 700 doses of the Moderna vaccine.
The health unit says it will be delivering the vaccine to long-term care homes in Northumberland County, Haliburton County, and the City of Kawartha Lakes so that residents can be vaccinated as soon as practical. There are around 1,600 residents living in area long-term care homes.
The vaccine was delivered to Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, which has agreed to receive and to store the health unit’s vaccine. From there, health unit staff will deliver the doses to area long-term care homes where residents will be vaccinated. It is expected that 100 to 150 vaccinations will take place each day.
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Residents of Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Hope Street Terrace in Port Hope, and Maplewood Long-Term Care Home in Brighton are among the first group who will be vaccinated. The health unit says additional vaccination clinics will take place in the other long-term care homes in the area over the course of the next couple of weeks.
“Unfortunately, we know that what we have received will not ensure that all of our long-term care residents are vaccinated with this week’s supply,” said Dr. Ian Gemmill, the health unit’s acting medical officer of health.
“We have had to determine priorities about which long-term care homes get the vaccine first,” Dr. Gemmill added. “We are hopeful that we will soon receive more vaccine so we can complete the immunization of residents and staff of both our long-term care homes and retirement homes.”
The Ontario government announced on Monday that it has revised its target date to have all residents of long-term care and retirement homes vaccinated by February 5th instead of February 15th as originally announced.
Earlier on Monday, Peterborough Public Health announced it has received 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine.
Both health units were originally set to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine but, due to delivery delays announced by Pfizer, are now receiving the Moderna vaccine.
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Like the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the Moderna vaccine is a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine. Unlike traditional vaccines, mRNA vaccines do not contain a weakened or dead version of the virus.
Instead, they use mRNA to prompt cells in the body to produce a harmless piece of the same protein that is found on the surface of the virus causing COVID-19. The body develops antibodies to that harmless protein, so it can mount an effective immune response if a person is infected with the actual virus.
For maximum efficacy, the Moderna vaccine requires two shots administered 28 days apart. Based on evidence from clinical trials, the Moderna vaccine was 94.1 per cent effective at preventing laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 illness in people who received two doses, who had no evidence of being previously infected.
The vaccine is packaged in 10-dose units and once each package is opened, all vaccine doses must be used as it cannot be refrigerated or stored again.
Like the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the Moderna vaccine is a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine. Studies have shown both Pfizer and Moderna are over 90 per cent effective in protecting against COVID-19, starting 14 days after the first dose. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Health)
Peterborough has received its first supply of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Peterborough Public Health announced on Monday afternoon (January 25).
The 500-dose supply was delivered to Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) on Monday morning.
Residents of local long-term care homes will begin receiving vaccinations on Tuesday, states the health unit, which will be working with PRHC to support the administration of the vaccine.
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The Ontario government has made vaccinations of residents of long-term care homes and high-risk retirement homes the top priority for the first phase of the province’s vaccination distribution plan.
The health unit says that, since there are no retirement homes in Peterborough that have been deemed high risk, long-term care home will be the first to receive the vaccine.
Like the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the Moderna vaccine is a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine. Unlike traditional vaccines, mRNA vaccines do not contain a weakened or dead version of the virus.
Instead, they use mRNA to prompt cells in the body to produce a harmless piece of the same protein that is found on the surface of the virus causing COVID-19. The body develops antibodies to that harmless protein, so it can mount an effective immune response if a person is infected with the actual virus.
For maximum efficacy, the Moderna vaccine requires two shots administered 28 days apart. Based on evidence from clinical trials, the vaccine is 94.1 per cent effective at preventing COVID-19.
A 24-year-old Prince Edward County man is dead following a single-vehicle snowmobile crash Friday night (January 22) near Bancroft.
Shortly after 9:30 p.m., the Bancroft OPP and Hastings County paramedics responded to a snowmobile collision on a trail near Weslemkoon Lake Road, east of Silva Lake in Tudor-Cashel Township, around 42 kilometres southeast of Bancroft.
The snowmobile’s driver was transported by ambulance to hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries.
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Police have identified the victim as Jamie Ferguson, 24, of Prince Edward County. Police continue to investigate the collision.
There were two other snowmobile accidents in Ontario over the weekend, one of which was also fatal.
On Saturday, 44-year-old Yanick Tremblay of South Stormont Township died after his snowmobile entered a roadway and collided with a car.
On Sunday, a snowmobile entered a roadway and collided with a car in North Glengarry Township. The 20-year-old man driving the snowmobile was transported to hospital with critical injuries, while his 20-year-old female passenger was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 2,417 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases across the province decreasing today by 144 to 2,459.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 4 new cases to report and 4 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region remaining at 172. However, these numbers do not include Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, or Haliburton as the health unit does not issue updates on Sundays.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (785), Peel (404), York (215), and Niagara (121).
There are double-digit increases in Ottawa (99), Hamilton (98), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (91), Durham (79), Halton (78), Waterloo (78), Windsor-Essex (73), Simcoe Muskoka (51), Middlesex-London (45), Thunder Bay (26), Porcupine (24), Southwestern (22), Haldimand-Norfolk (18), Chatham-Kent (17), Eastern Ontario (15), Brant (13), Lambton (12), Sudbury (11), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (11), with smaller increases in Peterborough (9), Huron Perth (8), and Northwestern (6).
The remaining 8 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 health units reporting no new cases at all.
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Of today’s new cases, 50% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (892) among people ages 20-39, followed by 707 cases among people ages 40-59. With 2,759 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.3% to 88.3%.
The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased since yesterday by 0.3% to 4.2%, meaning that 42 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on January 23.
Ontario is reporting 50 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 25 in long-term care homes. Hospitalizations have decreased by 65 from yesterday to 1,436, but this number excludes data from around 10% of hospitals so is likely under-reported. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has decreased by 3 to 392, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 2 to 301.
A total of 48,947 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 13,852 to 23,995. A total of 280,573 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 4,427 from yesterday, with 62,881 vaccinations completed (i.e., both doses administered), an increase of 4,974 from yesterday.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 4 new cases to report, including 3 in Peterborough and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward. Numbers for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are unavailable as the health unit does not issue updates on Sundays.
There is 1 new hospitalization in Peterborough.
An additional 4 cases have been resolved, including 2 in Peterborough and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 172 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region (no change from yesterday), including 64 in Kawartha Lakes, 48 in Peterborough, 34 in Northumberland, 20 in Hastings Prince Edward (10 in Quinte West, 8 in Belleville, and 2 in Prince Edward County), and 6 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 514 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (459 resolved with 7 deaths), 392 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (305 resolved with 36 deaths), 355 in Northumberland County (315 resolved with 6 deaths), 46 in Haliburton County (40 resolved with no deaths), and 365 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (340 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on January 21.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 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: 514 (increase of 3) Active cases: 48 (increase of 1) Close contacts: 77 (decrease of 5) Deaths: 7 (no change) Resolved: 459 (increase of 2) Hospitalizations (total to date): 22 (increase of 1)* Total tests completed: Over 41,000 (no change) Outbreaks: The Regency retirement home in Lakefield, Centennial Place long-term care home in Millbrook, Peterborough Regional Health Centre (no change)
*As of January 22, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 13 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, with fewer than 5 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive.
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 statutory holidays. These numbers are from January 23.
Confirmed positive: 794, including 392 in Kawartha Lakes, 355 in Northumberland, and 46 in Haliburton (increase of 5, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)* Active cases: 105, including 64 in Kawartha Lakes, 34 in Northumberland, and 6 in Haliburton (net decrease of 2) Probable cases: 3, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland (no net change) High-risk contacts: 150, including 70 in Kawartha Lakes, 55 in Northumberland, and 12 in Haliburton (net decrease of 7)** Hospitalizations (total to date): 30, including 21 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (increse of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)*** Deaths (including among probable cases): 42, including 36 in Kawartha Lakes and 6 in Northumberland (no change) Resolved: 660, including 305 in Kawartha Lakes, 315 in Northumberland, 40 in Haliburton (increase of 8, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 6 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton) Institutional outbreaks: Hope St. Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope, Fenelon Court in Fenelon Falls, Maplewood long-term care home in Brighton, Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Tower of Port Hope, Canadian Centre for Addictions in Port Hope, Warkworth Place long-term care home in Warkworth, Caressant Care retirement home in Lindsay, Caressant Care nursing home in Lindsay (increase of 2)****
*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.
**This total includes an additional 13 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of January 22, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient is hospitalized with COVID-19
***An outbreak at Caressant Care retirement home in Lindsay was reported on January 23, and an outbreak at Caressant Care nursing home in Lindsay was reported on January 22 (both homes are located at 240 Mary St.). These are in addition to the outbreak at Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay where, as of January 21, 19 residents and 15 staff have tested positive for COVID-19.
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, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 365 (increase of 1) Active cases: 20 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 340 (increase of 2) Tests completed: 42,389 Vaccines administered: 393 (no change) Institutional outbreaks: Hastings Manor Beech Villa in Belleville, Crown Ridge long-term care home in Quinte West (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 255,002 (increase of 2,417) Resolved: 225,046 (increase of 2,759, 88.3% of all cases) Positivity rate: 4.2% (decrease of 0.3%) Hospitalized: 1,436 (decrease of 65)* Hospitalized and in ICU: 392 (decrease of 3) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 301 (increase of 2) Deaths: 5,803 (increase of 50) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,400 (increase of 25) Total tests completed: 9,308,991 (increase of 48,947) Tests under investigation: 23,995 (decrease of 13,852) Vaccination doses administered: 280,573 (increase of 4,427) Vaccination completed (both doses): 62,881 (increase of 4,974)
*This number excludes data from around 10% of hospitals so is likely under-reported.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from December 24, 2020 – January 23, 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 December 24, 2020 – January 23, 2021. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, 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 December 24, 2020 – January 23, 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 is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from December 24, 2020 – January 23, 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)
With in-person dining prohibited for the second time during the pandemic, Peterborough's locally owned restaurants need the community's support more than ever. Publican House Brew Pub in downtown Peterborough is open for food pickup orders, and you can also add beverages (including Publican House's own renowned brews) to your order. (Photo courtesy of Publican House)
If there were ever a time to be supporting the locally owned eateries that give Peterborough its flavour, that time would be now.
The restaurant industry is among the hardest hit by the pandemic and, with the latest provincial lockdown and stay-at-home order, restaurants have once more been forced to close their doors to dining.
The pandemic has had a tremendous impact on the economy, especially on Peterborough’s independent businesses. Because their owners live here, a significant portion of the money you spend at these businesses stays in the community — so you’re not only supporting them but Peterborough’s economy as a whole.
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Local restaurants have been doing everything they can to make it easy and safe for you to enjoy their food in the comfort of your own home, with many going out of their way to provide top-tier takeout services.
Here’s how three locally owned eateries are coping and how you can support them during the lockdown.
KitCoffee
One local business owner is taking matters into her own hands by personally delivering takeout orders herself.
Helen McCarthy, the owner of espresso bar and bakeshop KitCoffee, has recently launched a food delivery service. Instead of going with a third-party service like SkiptheDishes, she is making the deliveries herself.
Due to the current lockdown, McCarthy says people staying at home has resulted in a considerable loss of foot traffic. She wanted to start offering delivery; however, she notes it has been a “logistical challenge.”
KitCoffee owner Helen McCarthy is going above and beyond by personally delivering takeout orders from the espresso bar and bakeshop. (Photo courtesy of KitCoffee)
“Going through one of the apps is not feasible for us because of the fees that they take,” McCarthy explains. “The profit margins are already pretty slim in the food and beverage industry.”
Orders can be delivered to locations within a 10-kilometre radius of the cafe. You place your order through the cafe’s website and it is delivered within 15 to 45 minutes. There’s a $6 delivery fee on orders under $25, but anything above that is free.
McCarthy’s COVID protocols, such as offering her staff partially paid sick days to encourage staying home when feeling ill, keep both customers and staff safe during pickups and deliveries.
KitCoffee owner Helen McCarthy’s COVID protocols keep both her customers and staff safe during pickups and deliveries. (Photo courtesy of KitCoffee)
“Everyone is doing their self-screening, sanitizing high-touch surfaces, and we’re all wearing masks when on the floor,” she says. “There is hand sanitizer at the door and the cash for staff. There’s a limit of two customers in the cafe at a time (for order pickups) to maintain the six-foot physical distancing.”
McCarthy says business is not nearly what it was before the lockdown, even with the new delivery sales.
“It’s seasonal, as well,” she explains. “It’s already a slow month and, with a lockdown on top of that, it’s even worse.”
KitCoffee is now offering made-in-house gluten-free bagels as an alternative for any of their sandwiches and breakfast menu option. They’ve also launched a vegan, chickpea-based, scrambled egg breakfast sandwich. (Photo courtesy of KitCoffee)
As for McCarthy’s message to the community, “if you’re choosing to order food from somewhere, pick locally owned restaurants,” she pleads.
“Which I have been feeling like people have been doing,” she adds. “I do feel really grateful to the community.”
KitCoffee is located at 144 Hunter Street West in downtown Peterborough. You can place orders through their website at www.kitcoffee.ca. You can also follow KitCoffee on Instagram and Facebook.
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Publican House Brew Pub
The current provincial lockdown has been a difficult blow for Publican House Brew Pub owners Katie and Brad Watt, who just this winter made a significant investment in heating their outdoor patio.
“We just had that completed at the beginning of December, and were getting some really good traction with people using it as an alternative to eating inside,” notes Katie Watt. “We were just getting going with that, and then we got shut down. So that’s a little hard to bear right now.”
Without the ability to have people dine either inside or outside the restaurant, Katie says they’re facing challenges at an already difficult time of year for the restaurant industry. Even before this latest lockdown, business wasn’t anything compared to what it was at the same time last year, before the virus had any effect on the restaurant industry.
Publican House first opened as a retail craft brewery in downtown Peterborough and then expanded to include a brew pub. (Photo courtesy of Publican House)
The pub remains open for takeout from Wednesdays to Sundays. All orders are pickup and must be made through phone, although Katie says they’re on the cusp of having an online ordering system ready to go. You can look on their website to find their food menu and weekly specials.
Katie explains that things may look different when you come to pick up your order, given their COVID-19 protocols.
“There’s a table set up with plexiglass where customers come in one at a time to pay for and pick up their order. We sanitize our debit and credit handheld machine between customer visits. Customers have to be masked; we have to be masked.”
If customers want contactless pickup, they can also request that when placing their order.
Publican House Brew Pub employee Taylor Wells shows off the restaurant’s wood-fired pizzas as they are prepared for pickup. (Photo courtesy of Publican House)
Even if you’re not in a position to order takeout, Katie says the community can support their business by spreading the word.
“It’s really hard to get the word out to new customers,” she explains. “People sharing with their networks is super helpful to us.”
As a bonus to following their social media channels, Katie says that sometimes special surprise menu items are announced only there — usually something sweet, like the chocolate croissants offered a couple of weeks ago.
The Publican Brew Pub is located at 300 Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough. You can check out their menu on their website (you can also order beverages including beer) at www.publicanhouse.com and place orders by calling 705-874-2619. You can also follow them on Instagram and Facebook.
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Hanoi House
While many restaurant owners are waiting for business to return to what it was before COVID-19, Susan Tung of Hanoi House doesn’t fully know what that looks like. She opened the first location of her Vietnamese-style restaurant, in downtown Peterborough, only four weeks before the first provincial lockdown.
Tung says business at Hanoi House has thrived despite the pandemic, and it is continuing to grow — she has just expanded by opening a second location on Lansdowne Street. When the old Copper Branch building went up for lease, Tung says she “couldn’t turn down an opportunity to be in such great location with a turn-key space.”
Before the lockdown, Hanoi House was open to customers for dine-in with COVID-19 precautions in place. For now, they’re able to continue offering takeout and delivery.
A temporary banner made by Signarama Peterborough hangs at the new second location of Hanoi House at Lansdowne Street West in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Hanoi House)
To order from Hanoi House, you can visit their website at www.hanoihouseptbo.com to choose a restaurant location and view their menu and specials. You can also place orders through the phone. If you select delivery, either a third-party service or Tung herself will make the contactless delivery.
Tung notes that Hanoi House has just joined SkipTheDishes for exposure purposes, but encourages customers to order delivery directly from the website instead.
“It’s cheaper for both the customer and the restaurant,” she explains.
Hanoi House owner Susan Tung (bottom front) poses with some of her staff. (Photo courtesy of Hanoi House)
If you choose to go to either location to make an order, only a limited number of people are allowed inside the restaurant at a time. Once you place your order, you will be asked to wait in your car and your food will be brought out to you.
Tung says she sees her story as a positive one — while the pandemic has forced many restaurants to close their doors for good, she has been able to grow. For this, she attributes the support of the Peterborough community.
“We’ve been really lucky to establish a pretty nice customer base already,” she explains. “I would love for people who have never tried Vietnamese food, or people that are just curious, to check out our website or follow our Instagram or Facebook.”
Some of the authentic Vietnamese menu items at the popular Hanoi House restaurant. You can find $25 and $30 value specials on their website. (Photo courtesy of Hanoi House)
Hanoi House has locations in Peterborough at 213 Hunter Street West and 1040 Lansdowne Street West.
To view their menu and specials and to place an order from either location, visit www.hanoihouseptbo.com. You can also follow Hanoi House on Instagram and Facebook.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 2,359 new cases today, the sixth day in a row of increases under 3,000. The seven-day average of daily cases across the province has fallen for 12 straight days, decreasing today by 100 to 2,603.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 14 new cases to report and 16 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing by 2 to 172. There are two new outbreaks to report in long-term care settings in Lindsay.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (708), Peel (422), York (220), Hamilton (107), Ottawa (101), and Windsor-Essex (100).
There are double-digit increases in Niagara (94), Simcoe Muskoka (87), Waterloo (86), Halton (77), Durham (68), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (61), Middlesex-London (55), Eastern Ontario (29), Thunder Bay (21), Southwestern (21), Lambton (15), Huron Perth (14), Sudbury (12), and Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (11), with smaller increases in Brant (9), Haldimand-Norfolk (9), Chatham-Kent (8), and Peterborough (6).
The remaining 10 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 4 health units reporting no new cases at all.
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Of today’s new cases, 50% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (870) among people ages 20-39, followed by 633 cases among people ages 40-59. With 3,025 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.4% to 88.0%.
The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased since yesterday by 1.2% to 4.5%, meaning that 45 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on January 22.
Ontario is reporting 52 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 25 in long-term care homes. Hospitalizations have decreased by 11 from yesterday to 1,501, but the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 12 to 395, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 8 to 299.
A total of 63,453 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 3,972 to 37,847. A total of 276,146 doses of vaccine have now been administered, with 11,161 daily doses administered and 57,907 total vaccinations completed (i.e., both doses administered).
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 14 new cases to report, including 9 in Peterborough, 4 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Northumberland. For the second day in a row, there are no new cases in Hastings Prince Edward. There are no new cases to report in Haliburton.
An outbreak at Caressant Care retirement home in Lindsay was reported on January 23, and an outbreak at Caressant Care nursing home in Lindsay was reported on January 22 (both homes are located at 240 Mary St.). These are in addition to the outbreak at Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay where, as of January 21, 19 residents and 15 staff have tested positive for COVID-19.
There is 1 new hospitalization in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 16 cases have been resolved, including 7 in Peterborough, 6 in Northumberland, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Haliburton, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 172 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 2 from yesterday, including 64 in Kawartha Lakes, 47 in Peterborough, 34 in Northumberland, 21 in Hastings Prince Edward (11 in Quinte West, 9 in Belleville, and 1 in Prince Edward County), and 6 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 511 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (457 resolved with 7 deaths), 392 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (305 resolved with 36 deaths), 355 in Northumberland County (315 resolved with 6 deaths), 46 in Haliburton County (40 resolved with no deaths), and 364 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (338 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on January 21.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 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: 511 (increase of 9) Active cases: 47 (increase of 2) Close contacts: 82 (decrease of 7) Deaths: 7 (no change) Resolved: 457 (increase of 7) Hospitalizations (total to date): 21 (no change)* Total tests completed: Over 41,000 (increase of 100) Outbreaks: The Regency retirement home in Lakefield, Centennial Place long-term care home in Millbrook, Peterborough Regional Health Centre (no change)
*As of January 22, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 13 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, with fewer than 5 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive.
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 statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 794, including 392 in Kawartha Lakes, 355 in Northumberland, and 46 in Haliburton (increase of 5, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)* Active cases: 105, including 64 in Kawartha Lakes, 34 in Northumberland, and 6 in Haliburton (net decrease of 2) Probable cases: 3, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland (no net change) High-risk contacts: 150, including 70 in Kawartha Lakes, 55 in Northumberland, and 12 in Haliburton (net decrease of 7)** Hospitalizations (total to date): 30, including 21 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)*** Deaths (including among probable cases): 42, including 36 in Kawartha Lakes and 6 in Northumberland (no change) Resolved: 660, including 305 in Kawartha Lakes, 315 in Northumberland, 40 in Haliburton (increase of 8, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 6 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton) Institutional outbreaks: Hope St. Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope, Fenelon Court in Fenelon Falls, Maplewood long-term care home in Brighton, Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Tower of Port Hope, Canadian Centre for Addictions in Port Hope, Warkworth Place long-term care home in Warkworth, Caressant Care retirement home in Lindsay, Caressant Care nursing home in Lindsay (increase of 2)****
*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.
**This total includes an additional 13 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of January 22, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient is hospitalized with COVID-19
***An outbreak at Caressant Care retirement home in Lindsay was reported on January 23, and an outbreak at Caressant Care nursing home in Lindsay was reported on January 22 (both homes are located at 240 Mary St.). These are in addition to the outbreak at Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay where, as of January 21, 19 residents and 15 staff have tested positive for COVID-19.
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, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 364 (no change) Active cases: 21 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 338 (increase of 1) Tests completed: 38,414 Vaccines administered: 393 Institutional outbreaks: Hastings Manor Beech Villa in Belleville, Crown Ridge long-term care home in Quinte West (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 252,585 (increase of 2,359) Resolved: 222,287 (increase of 3,025, 88.0% of all cases) Positivity rate: 4.5% (decrease of 1.2%) Hospitalized: 1,501 (decrease of 11) Hospitalized and in ICU: 395 (increase of 12) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 299 (increase of 8) Deaths: 5,753 (increase of 52) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,375 (increase of 25) Total tests completed: 9,260,044 (increase of 63,453) Tests under investigation: 37,847 (decrease of 3,972) Vaccinations: 11,161 daily doses administered, 276,146 total doses administered, 57,907 total vaccinations completed (both doses)
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from December 23, 2020 – January 22, 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 December 23, 2020 – January 22, 2021. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, 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 December 23, 2020 – January 22, 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 is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com) COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from December 23, 2020 – January 22, 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)
An anti-lockdown protest at Queen's Park in Toronto on April 25, 2020. (Photo: Michael Swan)
Peterborough police fined three people under the Reopening Ontario Act during an anti-lockdown protest at Peterborough City Hall on Saturday afternoon (January 23).
At 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, police responded to the protest, which they say was organized by the same group that held a similar protest last Saturday.
Police estimate there were between 15 to 18 protestors in the group. “Police were able to convince 10 other protestors from joining the group,” reads a police media release.
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Police say the protestors were not wearing masks, did not consistently maintain the required two metres of distance from each other, and there were more than five people attending an organized public event.
Police issued three tickets under the Reopening Ontario Act for failing to adhere to the required restrictions. Each ticket carries an $880 dollar set fine.
“Where warranted, Peterborough Police Service will continue to issue tickets for infractions of the stay-at-home provincial order,” the media release states.
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