During the YWCA Empty Bowls fundraiser, running from March 12 to 14, 2021, you can book a 30-minute time slot to choose a handcrafted bowl at the Kawartha Potters Guild's Pottery Shop. For the $40 ticket price, you will also receive a coupon card with generous discounts from 18 participating restaurants. (Photo courtesy of YWCA Peterborough Haliburton)
The annual YWCA Empty Bowls fundraising event is returning for its 17th year in March, but with some adjustments to accommodate the pandemic.
In previous years, the fundraiser took place on a single day, when crowds of people would visit The Venue in downtown Peterborough to select a handcrafted bowl and then enjoy a lunch donated by local restaurants.
This year, the bowls and food will still be available, but in a different format because of the pandemic.
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Over three days starting Friday, March 12th, you can book a 30-minute time slot to visit the Kawartha Potters Guild’s Pottery Shop and choose from hundreds of unique bowls, created and donated by talented local artisans.
To keep people safe, only six participants will be allowed at a time, and all visitors and volunteers will wear masks and maintain physical distancing. Hand sanitizing stations will be available on entry and exit.
Although there will be no meal this year, participants will receive a coupon card with generous discounts from 18 participating restaurants.
“Our local restaurants have done so much over the years to help make YWCA Empty Bowls truly special,” says Ria Nicholson of YWCA Peterborough Haliburton. “This is our way of encouraging participants to try new or favourite meals and show their local love in support of our amazing local restaurants.”
Tickets are $40 each and include one handmade bowl donated by artisans of the Kawartha Potters Guild as well as one coupon card that includes discounts at 18 local restaurants, valid until March 12, 2022.
Participating restaurants include Amandala’s, Baked 4U, Black Honey, By The Bridge, Central Smith, Fresh Dreams, La Hacienda, Naked Chocolate, Pastry Peddler, Ptbo Cooks, Rare, Sam’s Place, Silk Roots, Taso’s, That’s a Wrap!, The Cheese Shop, Old Smoke House Catering, and The Pin.
Dave Ross, whose company Branded Heron Leatherworks creates handcrafted leather goods, is one of 12 entrepreneurs participating in the winter intake of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre's Starter Company Plus. At the end of the eight-week program, six of the entrepreneurs will each be awarded a grant of $5,000. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)
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This week, we’re featuring the 12 entrepreneurs participating in the winter intake of the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre’s Starter Company Plus program, Kawartha Controls in Omemee receiving $1.13 million in repayable FedDev funding, Best Buy Canada supplying a tech grant to a Peterborough school, New Canadians Centre seeking new board members, and Nexicom matching donations to 4th Line Theatre’s youth apprenticeship program during February.
Also featured this week is Sheridan Graham’s appointment as CAO of Peterborough County, Michael Gallant’s appointment as the new board chair of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area, and the Fenelon Falls Chamber partnering with Toronto-based company Driftscape on an augmented reality tourism app.
Upcoming events include a virtual workshop on business registration and trademarks on February 17th, a webinar on mental health for farm families in Peterborough and the Kawarthas on February 17th, an online screening of the “SILO” documentary followed by a panel discussion on February 19th, an intellectual property webinar on February 23rd, a virtual breakfast session on research and innovation in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes on February 26th, and the StrikeUP 2021 virtual conference for female entrepreneurs on March 4th.
Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre announces 12 new Starter Company Plus applicants
Participants in the winter intake of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre’s Starter Company Plus program participating in a Zoom session. The eight-week program is designed to provide business training to aspiring or experienced entrepreneurs in the city and county of Peterborough who are launching a new business or expanding an existing one that’s been operating for five years or less. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)
Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development’s Business Advisory Centre has announced the 12 entrepreneurs who will take part in the winter intake of the Starter Company Plus entrepreneurial program.
Funded by the Ontario government, Starter Company Plus is designed to provide business training to aspiring or experienced entrepreneurs in the city and county of Peterborough who are launching a new business or expanding an existing one that’s been operating for five years or less.
The eight-week program, which is delivered completely online, culminates with six of the entrepreneurs each being awarded a grant of $5,000, with the selection based on creativity and viability of their business and the strength of their business plan.
Here are the 12 entrepreneurs and their businesses:
Christine Jaros of VerminiX Pest Control Company
Daniel Etmanski of Daniel Etmanski’s Cannabis Consulting
Dave Ross of Branded Heron Leatherworks
Fenna Renee Green of Daily Development
Hamayuwa Mwanangonze of Spores No More
Kelly Ward of FoodFabulous
Lia Gomez Lowe of Full Bloom Health
Mike Frampton of Tragically Dipped Donuts
Scott D. Bain and Sandy Spremo of The K9 Clipper
Ryan Vieira of Our Little Worm Farm
E. Tristan Pulham and Tyler O’Conner of Elemental Tree Care
Tyson Newell of Creative Landscaping and Post Holes
For more information about Starter Company Plus in the Peterborough area, visit peterboroughed.ca/starter.
Kawartha Controls in Omemee receives $1.13 million in repayable FedDev funding
Omemee manufacturing company Bélair Mechatronics, which operates as Kawartha Controls, designs and manufactures hydraulic manifolds used in construction, farm equipment, and power generation. (Photo: Kawartha Controls / Facebook)
Omemee manufacturing company Bélair Mechatronics — which operates as Kawartha Controls — has received $1.13 million in repayable funding from the federal government through FedDev Ontario.
Kawartha Controls designs and manufactures hydraulic manifolds used in construction, farm equipment, and power generation.
The company will be using the funding to set up a new machining cell and refine its AI-driven “smart factory” processes, which significantly reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions created by their operations compared to industry standards.
The funding will increase the company’s production capacity by 300 per cent and create six jobs in Omemee.
Best Buy Canada supplies tech grant to Peterborough school
Roger Neilson Public School in Peterborough is one of 13 elementary and secondary schools across Canada that have been awarded grants of up to $10,000 each from Best Buy Canada.
The 13 schools, selected from more than 730 applications, will receive a combined $128,000 in funding for tech-based curricula through the Best Buy School Tech Grant program. Through these grants, students will be able to access the latest technology to help keep them motivated and focused as they move towards post-secondary education.
Best Buy will offer the opportunity again in September for elementary and secondary schools to apply for the program. Educators interested in being notified when grants are next available can email schoolgrants@bestbuycanada.ca.
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New Canadians Centre seeking new board members
The New Canadians Centre in Peterborough is looking for volunteer board directors to join the governance team that shapes and advises on the strategic priorities of the organization, which supports local newcomers and refugees.
Community members with diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply as a board member, which requires six to eight hours per month.
The New Canadians Centre is specifically looking for volunteers with experience relating to settlement, community development, or housing. Board members would have the opportunity to participate in fund development activities that are meaningful to them.
Nexicom matching donations to 4th Line Theatre’s youth apprenticeship program during February
Nexicom is matching community donations to 4th Line Theatre’s youth apprenticeship program during the month of February. (Graphic: 4th Line Theatre)
Millbrook telecommunications company Nexicom will be matching community donations during the month of February to 4th Line Theatre’s Emerging Voices Program.
The program provides local youth with the opportunity to gain experience, skills, and training by working alongside professional artists in a theatre company.
During 4th Line Theatre’s 2019 summer season, 62 youth actors were involved in the outdoor theatre company’s productions, each contributing more than 210 hours of their time.
The Emerging Voices Program requires around $20,000 in funding every year to train youth volunteers. Donations to this program are used to pay for workshops, vocal and dialect coaching, acting and movement coaching, choreography and fight direction, technical production coaching, and for paid apprenticeship opportunities for selected young artists.
Donations can be made online at 4thlinetheatre.on.ca or by calling 4th Line Theatre at 705-932-4445. Donations made until March 1st will qualify for a matching donation by Nexicom.
Sheridan Graham appointed CAO of Peterborough County
Sheridan Graham. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough County)
Sheridan Graham has been appointed chief administrative officer, deputy clerk, and deputy treasurer of the County of Peterborough. She has been acting in the position while Troy Speck, whohad announced he will be retiring as chief administrative officer on March 31 for family health reasons, is on leave.
Currently director of corporate projects and services, Graham began her municipal career with the county in 1997, before moving on to the City of Kawartha Lakes as manager of purchasing and accounts payable in 2003. She returned to the County of Peterborough in 2007.
Graham has a certified municipal officer designation from AMCTO and a master certificate in municipal leadership from York University. She is the procurement director for the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), a project of the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus, and has been a member of the core team for the project since its inception. She also works with the Eastern Ontario Leadership Council with their municipal innovation procurement.
Graham is a member of the board of directors of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s Local Authority Services and is currently a volunteer CMO evaluator with AMCTO as well as the chair of Sustainable Peterborough.
Michael Gallant is new chair of Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area board
Michael Gallant. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)
Michael Gallant of Lett Architects is the new chair of the board of management of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA), which represents 400 downtown businesses through advocacy, promotion, and beautification projects and initiatives.
Gallant replaces Paul Bennett, owner of Ashburnham Realty and co-founder of VentureNorth in downtown Peterborough. Bennett, who resigned as board chair in January, has been on the DBIA board since 2015 and served as chair since 2018.
An architect and design principal at Lett Architects at 138 Simcoe Street in downtown Peterborough, Gallant has taken a lead role in the DBIA’s vibrancy projects, which emphasize urban renewal through placemaking, public art, and community engagement.
Fenelon Falls partners with Driftscape on augmented reality tourism app
The City of Toronto on the Driftscape augmented reality tourism app. (Photo courtesy of Driftscape)
The Fenelon Falls & District Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Toronto-based Driftscape to include Fenelon Falls in the company’s augmented reality tourism app.
The aim of the partnership is to help locals and visitors explore Fenelon Falls during the pandemic, with self-guided tours and more, in a safe and interactive way while supporting local businesses. The app will also help Fenelon Falls share real-time updates with residents and visitors.
The app can be used at home or while on location in Fenelon Falls. In early 2021, Fenelon Falls will also pilot Driftscape’s newest visitor engagement feature, a scavenger hunt called “Quests”.
The development of the Fenelon Falls tourism app is supported by the Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation (KLCFDC) through the Rural Innovation Initiative Eastern Ontario and the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).
Driftscape is available on Google Play and the Apple App Store. For more information, visit www.driftscape.com.
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Virtual workshop on business registration and trademarks on February 17
CryptoChicks is presenting “Fast Start to your Business: Registration, Trademarks, and Risks for the Founders” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 17th.
This free workshop will cover the different options for business registration in Canada and the pros and cons of each, how to register a trademark in Canada and elsewhere, and the common risks faced by business owners.
Speakers include Alana McElhinney and Sydney Young (associates with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP), Amber Scott (CEO of Outlier Solutions), and Scott Wilson (VP of FoxQuilt).
This webinar is part of the “Hacking the Digital Curve: Empowering Women Entrepreneurship” series from Northumberland CFDC and the DELIA program, with the support of FedDev Ontario.
Webinar on mental health for farm families in Peterborough and the Kawarthas on February 17
The Peterborough Agricultural Roundtable is hosting “Mental Health Night” for farm families in Peterborough and the Kawarthas at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 17th.
Jack Veitch of the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge will educate farmers about good and bad stress and what it means for functioning. Strategies for managing stress are also explored.
Topics will include a discussion on cognitive behavioural therapy and positive psychology, as well as information on how to access free mental health programming throughout Ontario.
This webinar will highlight simple ways to be and stay well while living through COVID-19. There will be time allotted at the end of the presentation for questions.
This free event takes place on the Zoom video-conferencing platform.
Online screening of “SILO” documentary and panel discussion on February 19
The City of Kawartha Lakes Agriculture Department is presenting a free online screening of the documentary film “SILO”, followed by a panel discussion about the need for grain-handling safety awareness and training, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, February 19th.
Inspired by true events, “SILO” follows a harrowing day in an American farm town. Disaster strikes when teenager Cody Rose is entrapped in a 50-foot-tall grain bin. When the corn turns to quicksand, family, neighbours, and first responders must put aside their differences to rescue Cody from drowning in the crop that has sustained their community for generations.
Following the 70-minute screening, there will be a panel discussion on the Zoom video-conferencing platform about the film. The discussion will cover farm safety, grain handling, fire rescue, multi-generational farming, and other themes in the film that are relevant to the agricultural sector in Kawartha Lakes and surrounding communities.
Virtual breakfast session on research and innovation in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes on February 26
The Innovation Cluster is hosting “Power Breakfast: Research and Innovation in Peterborough & Kawartha Lakes” from 8 to 9 a.m. on Friday, February 26th.
This virtual session is intended to provide business leaders, thought leaders, and startups with a perspective on research opportunities in the region, including the Innovation and Research institutions in Peterborough and the Kawartha Lakes as well as the advancements taking place at Trent University’s Office of Research and Innovation and the Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies.
Speakers include Jennifer Andersen (manager of the Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies at Fleming College), Dr. Brett Goodwin (vice president of Applied Research and Innovation at Fleming College), Dr. Cathy Bruce (acting vice-president Research and Innovation at Trent University), and Dr. Naomi Nichols (associate professor of sociology and the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Community-Partnered Social Justice at Trent University).
This free event takes place on the Zoom video-conferencing platform.
StrikeUP 2021 virtual conference for female entrepreneurs on March 4
The free StrikeUP 2021 virtual conference runs from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 4, 2021. (Photo: StrikeUP / Facebook)
Northumberland CFDC, with support from FedDev Ontario and the federal government’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, is presenting the free StrikeUP 2021 virtual conference from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 4th.
The conference features keynotes by two accomplished female entrepreneurs: Manjit Minhas, the self-described “beer baroness” who is the founder of the 10th largest brewery in the world and one of the “dragons” on CBC’s popular Dragons’ Den TV series, and Amber Mac, a world-renowned expert on all things marketing, technology, innovation, and transformation who co-hosts the award-winning podcast The AI Effect and, most recently, the Marketing Disrupted podcast.
Other workshop speakers and panelists include Sarah Stockdale (founder of Growclass), Dr. Shimi Kang (Harvard-trained physician and bestselling author), Linda P. Cousineau (founder and CEO of Empower-Growth Inc.), Rachel Bartholomew (founder and CEO of Hyivy Health), Dr. Shelley Morgan (founder and CEO of Rx Billing Genie), Julie Ellis (co-founder of Mabel’s Labels and chair of the board of Angel One Investment Network), Brenda Ahenkorah (founder and CEO of My Well Self), Melissa Davis (founder and CEO of Ugly Dukling), Ilana Ben-Ari (founder, CEO, and product design lead of Twenty One Toys), Alesia Blackwood (co-founder and owner of Unlock Math), Natalie Dusome (owner of Poppy And Peonies), Mallory Graham (owner of Tribal Trade Co.), Lesley Smith (owner of Imprinted Apparel Store), and Claudette Commanda (Algonquin Elder/Knowledge Keeper).
Manjit Minhas, founder of the 10th largest brewery in the world and one of the “dragons” on CBC’s popular Dragons’ Den TV series, is one of the keynote speakers at the StrikeUP virtual conference for female entrepreneurs, hosted by Northumberland CFDC on March 4, 2021. (Photo via StrikeUP website)
There will also be eight “Mentor Meetups”, one-hour interactive sessions where you can network and learn about topics including intellectual property, employee retention, strategic sales, mental well-being, exporting to the Asia-Pacific region, writing successful funding proposals, and more.
By registering for the conference, you could also win one of eight seats for a 90-minute virtual roundtable session with Amber Mac on Thursday, March 8th.
For more information, including the agenda, and to register for the free conference, visit www.strikeup.ca.
"Peterborough Celebrates!", a new Facebook group created by local musician Ken Tuck, aims to bring together the arts and business communities to plan a post-pandemic celebration in Peterborough, such as a city-wide event with all different genres of music. Pictured are members of Celtic group Hunt the Hare, who performed in 2018 at the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area's series of outdoor "Live and Local" live music events in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Peterborough DBIA)
If you need definitive proof that it’s the journey and not the destination that matters most, a new Facebook-driven initiative that’s quickly gaining traction fits the bill nicely.
Founded and administrated by Peterborough musician Ken Tuck, the Facebook group “Peterborough Celebrates!” is closing in on 200 members, most offering a specific talent or professional service for the staging of an event, or events, heralding the yet-to-be-determined return to some sort of pre-pandemic norm for the local music and business communities.
The private group, which can be found at facebook.com/groups/peterboroughcelebrates, has the stated intent “to plan and implement a celebration when restrictions are fully raised. It is my (Tuck’s) wish to exchange ideas on how we can give our local businesses and entertainers the kick start they need. We need to get organized and prepared.”
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The journey-destination equation comes into play via Tuck’s admission that, while he’s not sure what the end result of his call to action will be — whether it’s one grand event or a series of smaller ones, the real value lies in the fact that so many are willing to collaborate to make it happen and feel good to be able to work toward something positive.
“People are looking for something to do that has meaning … something that’s going to bring something good to their lives,” says Tuck, a website developer and internet marketer by trade.
The “Peterborough Celebrates!” Facebook group was established by Peterborough musician Ken Tuck. A website developer and internet marketer by trade, Tuck is also developing a website for the initiative. (Photo courtesy of Ken Tuck)
“The target for me is two fold. I want to channel some hope for people but also get things going with a solid plan for something in the future,” Tuck adds.
What that “something” is, says Tuck, will emerge as an organizing team is put together and starts hashing out specific ideas.
“It could change, but really my initial vision was go big or go home. How do you get people really excited about something? Usually you have to go big. I see a city-wide event catering to all different genres of music. I also realize there are a lot of small business people that would like to be a part of this. It’s a symbiotic relationship. Business has a huge role to play here.”
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The music community that he’s a part of, says Tuck, has, not unlike so many other sectors, been severely affected by pandemic restrictions as opportunities to play live have all but evaporated.
Coupled with what was going on before the pandemic — the closure of live music venues such as The Pig’s Ear, The Spill, and Dobro, and the loss in recent years of notable local music talents such as Jan Schoute, Buzz Thompson, Charlie Earle, and Jimmy Deck — it’s a community that needs to feel good about itself again.
“Peterborough has such a great breadth of talent … we need to foster that in any way, shape or form we can,” says Tuck.
“I had been thinking about this for awhile. It was like ‘What can I do?’ I want to focus on something positive. I want to work towards something. I don’t want to fight something. I’d rather work with people. I love collaborating. I really want to lean on some people.”
One of organizer Ken Tuck’s ideas for a post-pandemic celebration in Peterborough is having musicians perform on the streets. From 2015 to 2018, Artsweek Peterborough hosted “Porchapoloza”, where local musicians played from the porches of homes in different Peterborough neighbourhoods. Pictured are Hank and Kristine Fisher performing during the first Porchapoloza in 2015. (Photo: Artsweek Peterborough)
While not a fan of Facebook (“I call it the marketplace of bad ideas”), Tuck put his disdain aside and turned to the social media platform as the best and most immediate way of bringing forth willing collaborators.
“Facebook has become a toilet book — you know, those silly little books you have beside the toilet that you sit down and read for five minutes and then forget about,” Tuck says. “But give people the chance to do something good and they’ll jump all over it. I think that’s why this message has really taken off. I think there’s a much better prize ahead of us.”
The end result of any collaboration, admits Tuck, isn’t close to being known, but he has floated the idea of Peterborough musicians making the city streets their stage.
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“It was a visual I was feeling at the time,” he explains.
“I did a lot of busking when I was in Australia. There were always magical moments when somebody would come out the crowd. I was doing Twist and Shout with a friend and this guy came out and starting singing La Bamba in Spanish. The crowd went nuts. It was totally random.”
“Then this little Italian guy came out with his apron on and asked ‘Can you sing O Sole Mio for me?’ I said ‘No, but you can.’ So he did that. It was magical just because of people interacting with the music.”
Peterborough Celebrates is “a conversation starter”, says Tuck. And whatever emerges as a result, he’s convinced it will be a huge success.
“I think the reception to live music is going to be better than it was before. There’s something genuine about seeing a happy person singing in a bar or even on the street. That creates a real interaction between human beings. We’ve been missing that.”
Tuck makes no apologies for his optimism nor does he feel he has to.
“At the end of the day, I just want to see happy faces again,” he says.
In the meantime, as the membership of the Peterborough Celebrates group grows, Tuck is developing a website for the initiative.
Ahead, he says, is the formation of an organizing team that will start the discussion around a post-pandemic event or series of events.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
No update on Family Day
kawarthaNOW will not be posting an update on Family Day (February 15), since the Ontario government and two of the three local health units are not issuing reports on the statutory holiday.
Today, Ontario is reporting 981 new cases. However, the number of cases for Toronto in today’s report (122) is underreported due to Toronto Public Health’s ongoing migration to the province’s Case and Contact Management System. The actual case count for Toronto for February 13 is unavailable from the health unit.
Today’s total includes 6 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant and 3 more cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 7 new cases to report and 4 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region increasing by 3 to 100. Today’s update does not include numbers for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton as the health unit does not issue reports on Sundays.
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Most of today’s new cases are in Peel (209), and York (171), Toronto (122), although Toronto’s case count is underreported today.
There are double-digit increases in Ottawa (49), Windsor-Essex (46), Northwestern (41), Hamilton (40), Thunder Bay (35), Durham (35), Halton (35), Middlesex-London (33), Simcoe Muskoka (31), Waterloo (27), Niagara (19), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (15), Lambton (14), and Southwestern (10), with smaller increases in Eastern Ontario (7), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (7), Peterborough (6), and Grey Bruce (6).
The remaining 13 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 4 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 52% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (365) among people ages 20-39, followed by 294 cases among people ages 40-59.
With 1,235 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to 93.4%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.3% to 2.6%, meaning that 26 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on February 13.
Ontario is reporting 42 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 15 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 27 new daily deaths over the past week.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 81 from yesterday to 705, but more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for today’s report, so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 5 to 292 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators remains unchanged at 203.
A total of 48,701 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 16,197 to 15,947.
A total of 467,626 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 10,679 from yesterday, with 174,643 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine (1.19% of Ontario’s population), an increase of 10,336 from yesterday.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 7 new cases to report, including 5 in Peterborough and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward. Updated numbers are unavailable for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton as the health unit does not issue reports on Sundays.
The number of close contacts in Peterborough has increased significantly since yesterday, rising to 182 from 60.
An additional 4 cases have been resolved, including 3 in Hastings Prince Edward and 1 in Peterborough.
There are currently 100 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 3 from yesterday, including 37 in Kawartha Lakes, 26 in Northumberland, 23 in Peterborough, 12 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West, 5 in Belleville, 2 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 2 in Prince Edward County, and 2 in Tyendinga Mohawk Territory), and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 576 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (544 resolved with 9 deaths), 505 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (430 resolved with 51 deaths), 406 in Northumberland County (371 resolved with 9 deaths), 52 in Haliburton County (50 resolved with no deaths), and 386 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (369 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on February 12.
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: 576 (increase of 5) Active cases: 23 (increase of 4) Close contacts: 182 (increase of 122) Deaths: 9 (no change) Resolved: 544 (increase of 1) Hospitalizations (total to date): 24 (no change)* Total tests completed: Over 42,450 (increase of 100) Outbreaks: Peterborough Retirement Residence (no change) Vaccine doses administered: 976 (as of February 12)
*As of February 12, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 3 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and 17 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 Sundays and statutory holidays. These numbers are from February 13.
Confirmed positive: 963, including 505 in Kawartha Lakes, 406 in Northumberland, and 52 in Haliburton (increase of 7, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Northumberland)* Active cases: 65, including 37 in Kawartha Lakes, 26 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (net decrease of 4) Probable cases: 3, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland (no change) High-risk contacts: 254, including 135 in Kawartha Lakes, 85 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (net increase of 18)** Hospitalizations (total to date): 37, including 25 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (decrease of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)*** Deaths (including among probable cases): 60, including 51 in Kawartha Lakes and 9 in Northumberland (no change) Resolved: 851, including 430 in Kawartha Lakes, 371 in Northumberland, 50 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 8 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland) Tests completed: 133,499 (increase of 604) Institutional outbreaks: Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Regency long-term care home in Port Hope, Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden, Extendicare Cobourg long-term care home, Extendicare Cobourg Landmark retirement home, Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Cobourg Police (decrease of 1)****
*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 31 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of February 12, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient is hospitalized with COVID-19.
****One of the two outbreaks at Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay was declared resolved on February 13.
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: 386 (increase of 2) Active cases: 12 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 369 (increase of 3) Tests completed: 55,096 (increase of 4,137) Vaccines administered: 1,379 (no change) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 285,868 (increase of 981)* 7-day average of daily new cases: 1,094 (decrease of 73)* Resolved: 267,128 (increase of 1,235, 93.4% of all cases) Positivity rate: 2.6% (increase of 0.3%) Hospitalizations: 705 (decrease of 81)** Hospitalizations in ICU: 292 (increase of 5) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 203 (no change) Deaths: 6,693 (increase of 42) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 27 (increase of 3) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,797 (increase of 17) Total tests completed: 10,375,912 (increase of 48,701) Tests under investigation: 15,947 (decrease of 16,197) Vaccination doses administered: 467,626 (increase of 10,679) People fully vaccinated (two doses): 174,643 (increase of 10,336), 1.19% of Ontario’s population Total COVID-19 variant cases: 303 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 6); 6 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 3); 1 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change)
*The number of cases reported for Toronto for February 13 in today’s report (122) is underreported due to Toronto Public Health’s ongoing migration to the province’s Case and Contact Management System. The actual case count for Toronto for February 13 is unavailable. This underestimate also affects the seven-day average of new cases.
**More than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for today’s report, so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from January 14 – February 13, 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 January 14 – February 13, 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 January 14 – February 13, 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 January 14 – February 13, 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 January 14 – February 13, 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)
Environment Canada has now issued a snowfall warning for all of the Kawarthas region for Monday night (February 15) into Tuesday morning.
The snowfall warning includes all of Peterborough County, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, Hastings County, and Haliburton County.
Two rounds of snow are expected on Monday into Tuesday morning across portions of southern Ontario.
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The first round of snow is expected on Monday morning, continuing into early afternoon, with 5 cm of snow possible.
The snow may become light during the afternoon, but another round of heavier snow will move in Monday evening and persist into Tuesday morning, with an additional 15 to 20 cm likely.
Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions. Visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow.
Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.
This photo by rcamp14 of fresh snow on Stoney Lake was our top post on Instagram in January 2021. (Photo: rcamp14 @rcamp14 / Instagram)
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the best way to de-stress during this uncertain time is by getting outside.
Luckily the temperatures in January co-operated, and our local photographers delivered some of our top images ever.
The trails and parks of The Kawarthas are more important than ever right now — please be sure to take care of the natural spaces when you are using them.
Do you want to get on our top photographers list? All you need is an Insta account and to tag us using our hashtag #kawarthanow when posting your photo.
We share photos from across our readership area, which is the five-county area surrounding Peterborough which includes Peterborough, Northumberland, City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Hastings (we sneak in the occasional Algonquin Park picture as well, particularly if it’s by a Kawartha photographer).
To see our daily shares of photos, follow us on Instagram @kawarthanow and check out our feed’s highlight reels for recaps of every month in 2021.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Today, Ontario is reporting 1,300 new cases, including 22 new cases of the more contagious B.1.1.7 UK variant. The seven-day average of new cases has decreased by 13 to 1,167.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 13 new cases to report and 13 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing by 1 to 97.
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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (433), Peel (253), and York (116).
There are double-digit increases in Waterloo (61), Hamilton (48), Durham (47), Windsor-Essex (45), Halton (38), Niagara (33), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (32), Simcoe Muskoka (31), Ottawa (29), Lambton (24), Thunder Bay (23), Middlesex-London (17), Northwestern (11), and Eastern Ontario (10), with smaller increases in North Bay Parry Sound (7), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (7), Brant (7), and Huron Perth (6).
The remaining 13 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 4 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 52% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (506) among people ages 20-39, followed by 395 cases among people ages 40-59.
With 1,434 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases remains unchanged at 93.3%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.1% to 2.3%, meaning that 23 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on February 12.
Ontario is reporting 19 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 3 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 24 new daily deaths over the past week.
Hospitalizations have increased by 23 from yesterday to 786, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 8 to 287 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 1 to 203.
A total of 58,760 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 6,202 to 32,143.
A total of 456,947 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 14,506 from yesterday, with 164,307 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 13,025 from yesterday.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 13 new cases to report, including 6 in Peterborough, 4 in Northumberland, and 3 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Hastings Prince Edward or Haliburton.
An additional 13 cases have been resolved, including 8 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, 2 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Peterborough.
The outbreak at Peterborough Regional Health Centre and one of the two outbreaks at Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay were declared resolved on February 13.
There are currently 97 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 1 from yesterday, including 37 in Kawartha Lakes, 26 in Northumberland, 19 in Peterborough, 13 in Hastings Prince Edward (2 in Quinte West, 7 in Belleville, 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, and 3 in Tyendinga Mohawk Territory), and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 571 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (543 resolved with 9 deaths), 505 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (430 resolved with 51 deaths), 406 in Northumberland County (371 resolved with 9 deaths), 52 in Haliburton County (50 resolved with no deaths), and 384 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (366 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on February 12.
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: 571 (increase of 6) Active cases: 19 (increase of 5) Close contacts: 60 (increase of 6) Deaths: 9 (no change) Resolved: 543 (increase of 1) Hospitalizations (total to date): 24 (no change)* Total tests completed: Over 42,350 (increase of 50) Outbreaks: Peterborough Retirement Residence (decrease of 1)** Vaccine doses administered: 976 (as of February 12)
*As of February 12, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 3 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and 17 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive.
**The outbreak at Peterborough Regional Health Centre was declared resolved on February 13.
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 963, including 505 in Kawartha Lakes, 406 in Northumberland, and 52 in Haliburton (increase of 7, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Northumberland)* Active cases: 65, including 37 in Kawartha Lakes, 26 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (net decrease of 4) Probable cases: 3, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland (no change) High-risk contacts: 254, including 135 in Kawartha Lakes, 85 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (net increase of 18)** Hospitalizations (total to date): 37, including 25 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (decrease of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)*** Deaths (including among probable cases): 60, including 51 in Kawartha Lakes and 9 in Northumberland (no change) Resolved: 851, including 430 in Kawartha Lakes, 371 in Northumberland, 50 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 8 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland) Tests completed: 133,499 (increase of 604) Institutional outbreaks: Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Regency long-term care home in Port Hope, Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden, Extendicare Cobourg long-term care home, Extendicare Cobourg Landmark retirement home, Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Cobourg Police (decrease of 1)****
*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 31 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of February 12, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient is hospitalized with COVID-19.
****One of the two outbreaks at Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay was declared resolved on February 13.
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: 384 (no change) Active cases: 13 (decrease of 2) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 366 (increase of 2) Tests completed: 50,959 (increase of 1) Vaccines administered: 1,379 (increase of 78) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 284,887 (increase of 1,300) 7-day average of daily new cases: 1,167 (decrease of 13) Resolved: 265,893 (increase of 1,434, 93.3% of all cases) Positivity rate: 2.3% (increase of 0.1%) Hospitalizations: 786 (increase of 23) Hospitalizations in ICU: 287 (decrease of 8) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 203 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 6,651 (increase of 19) 7-day average of daily new deaths: 24 (decrease of 3) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,780 (increase of 3) Total tests completed: 10,327,211 (increase of 58,760) Tests under investigation: 32,143 (decrease of 6,202) Vaccination doses administered: 456,947 (increase of 14,506) People fully vaccinated (two doses): 164,307 (increase of 13,025) Total COVID-19 variant cases: 297 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 22); 3 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (no change); 1 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change)
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from January 13 – February 12, 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 January 13 – February 12, 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 January 13 – February 12, 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 January 13 – February 12, 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 January 13 – February 12, 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)
Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for Haliburton and Hastings counties for Saturday morning (February 13).
Extreme cold wind chill values near -35°C are expected for several hours early Saturday morning, before moderating as temperatures rise later in the morning.
It will also be very cold elsewhere in the Kawarthas, with wind chill values near -29°C expected in Peterborough County and the City of Kawartha Lakes and -24°C in Northumberland County.
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With these wind chill values, there is a risk of frostbite on exposed skin.
In all areas in the greater Kawarthas region, wind chill values will moderate to -18°C by early afternoon and stay there Saturday overnight and into Sunday morning.
Snow will develop in all areas early Saturday evening, with around 5 cm expected before Sunday morning.
A person who found this old munition during renovations took it to the Brighton OPP Detachment. Police are cautioning people not to touch or transport any military ordnance or explosive devices they may find but to contact police. (OPP / Facebook)
The Northumberland OPP is cautioning the public not to touch or transport any military ordnance or explosive devices they may find.
On Friday (February 12), a citizen who found a World War II era mortar round during renovations transported the explosive in their vehicle to the Brighton OPP Detachment.
Police closed off the entrances to the detachment to contain the area and contacted the Canadian Armed Forces, which removed the device.
If you find a piece of military-grade equipment such as flares, military ordnance, or explosive devices, police advise not to touch it or transport it.
These devices still pose a risk of detonation and can be highly unstable. Remove yourself from the location and contact your local police service.
Police and the Canadian Armed Forces have trained experts who will come to the location and determine the safest method for its removal and disposal.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Today, Ontario is reporting 1,076 new cases. However, this total includes only 361 new cases for Toronto, due to a data error from Toronto Public Health’s migration to Ontario’s Contact and Case Management system. Toronto Public Health’s actual case count for February 11 as reported on its website is 546, meaning the actual provincial case count today would be 1,261.
Today’s new cases include 39 more cases of the more contagious B.1.1.7 UK variant. The seven-day average of new cases has decreased by 84 to 1,189, although this average is based on the under-reported case count in Toronto.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 6 new cases to report and 13 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region increasing by 9 to 98. There has been 1 new COVID-related death in Kawartha Lakes.
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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (361), Peel (210), and York (122) — although the actual case count reported by Toronto Public Health today is 546.
There are double-digit increases in Waterloo (59), Ottawa (52), Durham (31), Halton (31), Hamilton (30), Simcoe Muskoka (24), Thunder Bay (22), Windsor-Essex (18), Niagara (17), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (17), Brant (13), Lambton (11), and Southwestern (11), with smaller increases in Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (9), Middlesex-London (7), Sudbury (6), and Eastern Ontario (6).
The remaining 14 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 6 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 (369) among people ages 40-59, followed by 346 cases among people ages 20-39. This is the first day during the second wave that cases in the 40-59 age group have exceeded those in the 20-39 age group.
With 1,415 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to 93.3%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.1% to 2.2%, meaning that 22 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on February 11.
Ontario is reporting 18 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 8 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 28 new daily deaths over the past week.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 120 from yesterday to 763, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 4 to 295 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 7 to 204.
A total of 62,012 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 5,038 to 38,345.
A total of 442,441 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 15,605 from yesterday, with 151,282 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 14,294 from yesterday.
There are 31 new cases in Ontario schools, an increase of 2 from yesterday, including 24 student cases and 7 staff cases. There are 16 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, no change from yesterday, with 12 cases among children and 4 cases among staff.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 6 new cases to report, including 3 in Hastings Prince Edward, 2 in Northumberland, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Peterborough or Haliburton.
There has been 1 new COVID-related death in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 13 cases have been resolved, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Northumberland, 2 in Peterborough, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 98 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 9 from yesterday, including 43 in Kawartha Lakes, 24 in Northumberland, 15 in Hastings Prince Edward (3 in Quinte West, 8 in Belleville, 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, and 3 in Tyendinga Mohawk Territory), 14 in Peterborough, and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 565 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (542 resolved with 9 deaths), 503 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (422 resolved with 51 deaths), 402 in Northumberland County (369 resolved with 9 deaths), 52 in Haliburton County (50 resolved with no deaths), and 384 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (364 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on February 12.
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: 565 (no change) Active cases: 14 (decrease of 2) Close contacts: 54 (decrease of 10) Deaths: 9 (no change) Resolved: 542 (increase of 2) Hospitalizations (total to date): 24 (no change)* Total tests completed: Over 42,300 (increase of 100) Outbreaks: Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough Retirement Residence (no change) Vaccine doses administered: 976 (as of February 12)
*As of February 12, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 3 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change from yesterday) and 17 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change from yesterday).
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 957, including 503 in Kawartha Lakes, 402 in Northumberland, and 52 in Haliburton (increase of 3, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland)* Active cases: 69, including 43 in Kawartha Lakes, 24 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (decrease of 9, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland) Probable cases: 3, including 2 in Northumberland and 1 in Kawartha Lakes (no change) High-risk contacts: 236, including 119 in Kawartha Lakes, 86 in Northumberland, and 4 in Haliburton (net increase of 23)** Hospitalizations (total to date): 38, including 26 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (no change)*** Deaths (including among probable cases): 60, including 51 in Kawartha Lakes and 9 in Northumberland (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes) Resolved: 841, including 422 in Kawartha Lakes, 369 in Northumberland, 50 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland) Tests completed: 132,895 (increase of 726) Institutional outbreaks: Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay (two outbreaks), Regency long-term care home in Port Hope, Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden, Extendicare Cobourg long-term care home, Extendicare Cobourg Landmark retirement home, Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Cobourg Police (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.
**This total includes an additional 27 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of February 12, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient is hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change since yesterday).
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: 384 (increase of 3) Active cases: 15 (increase of 2) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 364 (increase of 1) Tests completed: 50,958 (increase of 19) Vaccines administered: 1,301 (increase of 205) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 283,587 (increase of 1,076)* 7-day average of new cases: 1,180 (decrease of 84)* Resolved: 264,459 (increase of 1,415, 93.3% of all cases) Positivity rate: 2.2% (decrease of 0.1%) Hospitalizations: 763 (decrease of 120) Hospitalizations in ICU: 295 (decrease of 4) Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 204 (decrease of 7) Deaths: 6,632 (increase of 18) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,777 (increase of 8) Total tests completed: 10,268,451 (increase of 62,012) Tests under investigation: 38,345 (decrease of 5,038) Vaccination doses administered: 442,441 (increase of 15,605) People fully vaccinated (two doses): 151,282 (increase of 14,294) Total COVID-19 variant cases: 275 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 39); 3 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (no change); 1 of P.1 Brazilian variant (no change)**
*Due to Toronto Public Health’s migration to Ontario’s Contact and Case Management system, 361 new cases for Toronto are included in this report. Toronto Public Health’s actual case count for February 11 as reported on its website is 546, meaning the actual provincial case count today would be 1,261.
**Toronto Public Health reported a confirmed case of the P.1 Brazilian variant on February 8. This case is not yet included in the provincial data.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from January 12 – February 11, 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 January 12 – February 11, 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 January 12 – February 11, 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 January 12 – February 11, 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 January 12 – February 11, 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)
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