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Ontario reports 2,094 new COVID-19 cases, including 24 in greater Kawarthas region

By kawarthaNOW -

Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Today, Ontario is reporting 2,094 new cases, matching the seven-day average of daily cases which has increased by 56 to 2,094. The province is also reporting 124 more confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant and 15 more confirmed cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.

The provincial government announced today that Middlesex-London Health Unit is moving to the ‘Red-Control’ level of the province’s COVID-19 response framework effective March 30. With over 2 million vaccine doses now administered, the province also today expanded its vaccination booking system to include people aged 70 and older — but only in 12 public health units, none of which are in the greater Kawarthas region.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 24 new cases to report and an additional 10 cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region increasing by 12 from yesterday to 117. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit.

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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (618), Peel (368), York (276), Ottawa (132), and Durham (104).

There are double-digit increases in Halton (74), Middlesex-London (69), Hamilton (61), Simcoe Muskoka (58), Waterloo (52), Windsor-Essex (38), Eastern Ontario (37), Niagara (33), Lambton (23), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (18), Sudbury (17), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (16), Southwestern (15), Brant (13), Chatham-Kent (11), and Haldimand-Norfolk (11), with smaller increases in Grey Bruce (8), Thunder Bay (7), Hastings Prince Edward (7), Peterborough (7), and Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (6).

The remaining 8 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 2 health units reporting no new cases at all.

Of today’s new cases, 55% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (731) among people ages 20-39 followed by 600 cases among people ages 40-59.

With 1,524 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.1% to 92.4%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 1.6% from yesterday to 6.1%, meaning that 61 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on March 28.

Ontario is reporting 10 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 13 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 from yesterday.

While the number of hospitalizations has decreased by 76 from yesterday to 841, more than 10% of hospitals do not submit data for weekend reports, so the actual number of hospitalized patients may be higher. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 16 to 382 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 19 to 236.

A total of 39,470 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 7,736 to 17,716.

A total of 2,031,735 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 50,453 from yesterday, with 311,248 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,963 from yesterday. The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.11% of Ontario’s population, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 13.79% of the population; an estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.

There are 215 new cases in Ontario schools, an increase of 48 from March 26, including 160 student cases and 45 staff cases. There are 36 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, a decrease of 14 from March 26, including 24 cases among children and 12 cases among staff.

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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 24 new cases to report, including 8 in Hastings Prince Edward, 8 in Northumberland, 5 in Kawartha Lakes, and 3 in Peterborough. There are no new cases in Haliburton.

There are 7 new regional cases of presumed variants of concern, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Peterborough.

There is 1 new hospitalization in Kawartha Lakes.

An additional 10 cases have been resolved, including 3 in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Haliburton, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.

There are currently 117 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 12 from yesterday, including 52 in Peterborough, 37 in Hastings Prince Edward (6 in Quinte West, 16 in Belleville, 6 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 3 in Prince Edward County, 6 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 16 in Northumberland, and 12 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no active cases in Haliburton.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 855 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (793 resolved with 10 deaths), 579 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (525 resolved with 55 deaths), 494 in Northumberland County (466 resolved with 12 deaths), 65 in Haliburton County (64 resolved with 1 death), and 479 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (436 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on March 16.

The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in Toronto, Ottawa, and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).

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Peterborough Public Health

Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays. Note: Due to updates and maintenance, the health unit’s online data tool will not be updated on March 29 or 30; information on the number of close contacts, deaths, hospitalizations, completed tests, and outbreaks will not be available.

Confirmed positive: 855 (increase of 3)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 1 (decrease of 1)*
Presumed variants of concern cases: 185 (increase of 1)
Active cases: 52 (no change)
Close contacts: 257
Deaths: 10
Resolved: 793 (increase of 3)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 30**
Total tests completed: Over 46,250
Outbreaks: Unidentified congregate living facility in Peterborough, Gzowski College student residence at Trent University, Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 24,309 (last updated March 25)

*A confirmed case of a variant of concern has been reclassified as a presumed variant of concern.

**As of March 29, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and 22 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (increase of 2).

 

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 March 28 and 29.

Confirmed positive: 1,138, including 579 in Kawartha Lakes, 494 in Northumberland, and 65 in Haliburton (increase of 13, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 8 in Northumberland)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 51, including 14 in Kawartha Lakes, 37 in Northumberland (increase of 6, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)**
Active cases: 28, including 12 in Kawartha Lakes, 16 in Northumberland (net increase of 5)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 124, including 43 in Kawartha Lakes, 65 in Northumberland, and 9 in Haliburton (net decrease of 12)***
Hospitalizations (total to date): 50, including 30 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)****
Deaths (including among probable cases): 68, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,055, including 525 in Kawartha Lakes, 466 in Northumberland, 64 in Haliburton (increase of 6, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)
Tests completed: 161,345 (increase of 413)
Vaccine doses administered: 15,788 (no change, last updated on March 22)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,283 (no change, last updated on March 22)
Outbreaks: None (no change)

*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.

**The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant.

***This total includes an additional 7 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.

****As of March 27, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 2 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (increase of 1).

 

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 479 (increase of 8)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 10 (no change)
Active cases: 37 (increase of 7)
Deaths: 6 (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: 436 (increase of 1)
Tests completed: 82,902 (increase of 440)
Vaccine doses administered: 25,213 (increase of 281)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 1,915 (no change)
Outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 345,234 (increase of 2,094)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) confirmed cases: 1,749 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 124); 63 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (no change); 82 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 15)
VOC R(t): 1.36 (increase of 0.05, last updated March 25)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 2,094 (increase of 56)
Resolved: 318,932 (increase of 1,524), 92.4% of all cases (decrease of 0.1%)
Positivity rate: 6.1% (increase of 1.6%)
Hospitalizations: 841 (decrease of 76)**
Hospitalizations in ICU: 382 (increase of 16)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 236 (increase of 19)
Deaths: 7,337 (increase of 10)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 13 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,893 (no change)
Total tests completed: 12,462,570 (increase of 39,470)
Tests under investigation: 17,716 (decrease of 7,736)
Vaccination doses administered: 2,031,735 (increase of 50,453), 13.79% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.34%)***
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 311,248 (increase of 1,963), 2.11% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.01%)***

*R(t) is a virus’s effective reproduction number, which is the average number of new infections caused by a single infected individual at a specific time (t) in a partially immunized population. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R(t) needs to be less than 1.

**More than 10% of hospitals do not submit data for weekend reports, so the actual number of hospitalized patients may be higher.

***An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.

COVID-19 cases in Ontario from February 26 - March 28, 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 cases in Ontario from February 26 – March 28, 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 February 26 - March 28, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from February 26 – March 28, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from February 26 - March 28, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from February 26 – March 28, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from February 26 - March 28, 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 deaths in Ontario from February 26 – March 28, 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 February 26 - March 28, 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)
COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Ontario from February 26 – March 28, 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)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

Proposed adult therapeutic bodywork business in Peterborough close to clearing final hurdle

By Paul Rellinger -
Brittany Leigh plans to open The Kingsway Spa, a therapeutic body rub massage and conversational support business, at 697 The Kingsway in Peterborough. For zoning purposes the business is classified as an 'adult entertainment parlour' since a massage may involve partial nudity, but Leigh stresses her business is only intended to support the mental and emotional health of clients and will not allow sexual activity, serve alcohol, or remain open late at night. (Stock photo)

Regardless of whether her bid to open an adult therapeutic bodywork business in Peterborough is successful or not, no one can accuse Brittany Leigh of not doing her homework.

Since November 2019, the Pickering resident has meticulously taken all the required steps, identifying a property to locate at while meeting with City of Peterborough councillors, planning department staff, public health officials, and city police.

As for her business plan, The Kingsway Spa public consultation website at www.sigma12.com lays out Leigh’s case clearly and completely.

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On Tuesday, April 6th, the city’s general committee will hold a virtual public meeting on Leigh’s application to have an amendment made to the current Enhanced Service Industrial District Zoning designation for the property at 697 The Kingsway to allow for its use as a licensed ‘adult entertainment parlour’.

A city planning staff report and recommendation concerning her application will be issued prior to the public meeting for city councillors’ consideration.

Not lost on Leigh is the connection people may make between her proposed business’ core service — “to provide clients with therapeutic body rub massages and conversational support” — and unlicensed or illegal massage parlours.

In the interest of full disclosure, Leigh says a client’s session with a Kingsway Spa attendant may involve “partial nudity” but stresses “there’s absolutely no sexual activity permitted.”

“It (the business type) is classified as adult because there’s partial nudity but it’s not in the same respect as a strip club,” clarifies Leigh, adding “Our hours will be limited. We’re not open late into the night. It’s not a place where people will congregate and drink.”

Planning to invest close to $200,000 into the building’s renovations and exterior property landscaping, Leigh notes her business, besides paying property taxes, will also provide 35 to 40 jobs.

“It’s not just attendant jobs. There are reception jobs. There are cleaners and a bookkeeper, and we have to hire security. ”

Since 2008, Leigh has been involved in the adult therapeutic bodywork industry, as both a licensed attendant and a manager. As such, she says she’s seen firsthand the benefits of the service The Kingsway Spa will offer both male and female clients, as well as couples, aged 18 and up.

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“There are a lot of people that go through life without a partner or don’t have a lot of friends,” says Leigh. “They just want someone to talk to. That’s really what it is. It’s about human interaction and feeling welcome somewhere. People can spin it however they want, but that’s what it is.”

The pandemic, adds Leigh, has only increased people’s need for human contact.

“People aren’t seeing anyone. They’re hardly leaving the house. They’re definitely not touching anybody. I find it weird no one’s even shaking hands. People are really suffering and missing that. People need that for their mental health. Just being able to talk to somebody is therapeutic.”

The Kingsway Spa, stresses Leigh, will be inspected regularly as per public health requirements.

Should the rezoning designation be approved by city council, her plan is to start renovations in short order to enable her to open late this summer. That said, any COVID restrictions in place at that time could delay that timeline.

Councillor Lesley Parnell, who along with Councillor Kim Zippel represents Otonabee Ward where The Kingsway Spa will locate, notes the business will be “all above board,” adding she is “quite impressed” with Leigh’s approach and professionalism.

“She’s a smart businesswoman and she’s very familiar with the industry,” Coun. Parnell says. “She’s gone about it the right way. She stated at the open house (held virtually February 10) that she could hire 18 year olds but she won’t be. All of her employees are going to be at least 25 years old.”

“She talked about benefits for them (employees). She talked about the safety of both the people who work there and the clients. She’s very strict about absolutely no alcohol and will close before the bars do. She’s thought about all of this. She’s done her homework.”

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Whatever city planning staff recommend regarding the zoning change request, and however council ultimately votes on Leigh’s application, there is one guiding principle at the heart of matters, says Coun. Parnell.

“We (council) cannot consider planning applications based on moral considerations — we have to make any decision based on planning criteria,” she explains.

“If we go outside that, we can be taken to LPAT (Local Planning Appeal Tribunal) and odds are we would lose. I don’t know what staff will recommend, but I think it’s meeting the criteria. It’s a rezoning. It doesn’t need an official plan amendment. We have schedule K in the official plan for a reason. This (business use) can only go in that industrial area away from schools and residential homes.”

Coun. Parnell says she has heard from just one person with concerns about the proposed business.

“I had a phone call from a registered massage therapist. I completely respect and understand her point of view. The clientele that goes to The Kingsway Spa isn’t the same clientele that will go to a registered massage therapist — it’s taken them a long time to gain respect as health care professionals.”

With April 6th circled on her calendar, Leigh has her house up for sale and is planning a move to the Peterborough area to coincide with the opening of her business.

“I want to live in the city where my business is — that’s very important to me,” she says, adding “I’m going to operate my business responsibly because it’s here in what will be my city.”

“I don’t want to get excited and then everything falls apart, but I’ve been told I’ve done very well so far and it looks like it’s going to happen.”

Additional information and materials relating to the proposed zoning bylaw amendment may be obtained by contacting city land use planner Caroline Kimble at 705-742-7777, ext. 1735.

For more information on how to watch or participate in the April 6th public meeting, contact the city clerk’s department at 705-742-7777, ext. 1820, or register online on the city website by 11 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Unregistered delegations will not be entertained. Visit peterborough.ca for more information on the public meeting.

 

The headline of this story has been modified to remove the phrase “therapeutic massage” which is a pending trademark of the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario.

Full Tilt Cycle Peterborough seeks revival for downtown businesses as pandemic passes the one-year mark

By Hannah Abrahamse -
Full Tilt Cycle spin studio in downtown Peterborough, founded in 2017 by Erin Marshall and Sadie Cavanagh, is launching a theme of "revival" for April after a difficult pandemic year. To encourage people to come to Full Tilt Cycle for a spin class, Marshall and Cavanagh have made the health and safety of their clients a priority during the pandemic. Virtual memberships area also available. (Photo courtesy of Full Tilt Cycle)
This story is one of an ongoing series by kawarthaNOW in support of locally owned businesses.

After a year of challenges due to COVID-19, ‘revival’ is the word for Full Tilt Cycle Peterborough owners Erin Marshall and Sadie Cavanagh during April. Marshall says prior to the pandemic, the locally owned independent spin studio had built massive momentum in what was their third year of business.

“Classes were sold out with 20 bikes across the board,” Marshall recalls. “We were starting to thrive and grow. We call it the sanctuary because it is more than a gym — there’s a culture of inclusion, love, and gratitude that has been created.”

However, their fourth year of business has been much more difficult since the pandemic has dealt a serious blow to fitness studios. Full Tilt Cycle has been forced to close at many points throughout the pandemic. While the studio is currently permitted to be open, provincial restrictions limiting class sizes and the public’s general anxiety around visiting a fitness facility have significantly affected revenue.

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“Now, we’re open with eight bikes spaced six feet apart, but we are finding that people are worried to come,” Marshall explains. “Our business is definitely down. In a way, Sadie and I feel like we’ve had to start from ground zero. All of the momentum that was built up is gone.”

According to Cavanagh, the spin studio industry in general has struggled through COVID-19.

“We’ve seen our friends in bigger cities shutting down their studios for good,” Cavanagh says. “We don’t want to have to do that. We want to hold on so that the people of Peterborough can have the connection and mental health release that comes with the experience.”

Full Tilt Cycle's new logo was designed by local graphic designer Mary Bucholtz of Beechwood Design. Owners Sadie Cavanagh and Erin Marshall are hoping businesses downtown Peterborough experience a revival after the challenged endured through the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Full Tilt Cycle)
Full Tilt Cycle’s new logo was designed by local graphic designer Mary Bucholtz of Beechwood Design. Owners Sadie Cavanagh and Erin Marshall are hoping businesses downtown Peterborough experience a revival after the challenged endured through the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Full Tilt Cycle)

Now, in the spirit of resiliency that is central to the Full Tilt business model, Marshall and Cavanagh are gearing up for April with the theme of ‘revival’.

Their new custom logo, designed locally by Mary Bucholtz of Beechwood Design Company, includes phrases such as “ride as one” and “rise up” — encouraging members of the Peterborough community to come together and support each other through the current stretch of the pandemic.

According to Marshall, this theme’s relevancy stretches beyond Full Tilt, and they’re hoping their fellow local and downtown businesses also experience a revival after this past very tough year.

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“We need people to come back to George Street, to Hunter, to Charlotte, to all of my friends’ businesses who I know do so much for the community,” Marshall explains. “We need people to take the streets back and know this is our home. We need to be leaders and step up and step in. It’s the time for the city to experience this revival.”

Like many locally owned businesses, Full Tilt Cycle consistently gives back to the community through charitable initiatives. Although they had to postpone their annual ‘spinathon’ this year, which raises money for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation, Full Tilt Cycle has continued to give back to the community throughout the pandemic. For example, last May, the studio held an online dance party with D.J. and Rewind, raising approximately $6,600 for Kawartha Food Share.

Marshall notes they are planning to hold their next spinathon as soon as they can, since they have “a blast” doing it and it was incredibly effective — raising $13,000 for the hospital last year.

Two months before the pandemic hit in 2020, Full Tilt Cycle hosted a spinathon and raised $13,000 for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Pandemic permitting, Full Tilt owners Erin Marshall and Sadie Cavanagh are hoping to be able to host another spinathon in summer 2021. (Photo courtesy of Full Tilt Cycle)
Two months before the pandemic hit in 2020, Full Tilt Cycle hosted a spinathon and raised $13,000 for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Pandemic permitting, Full Tilt owners Erin Marshall and Sadie Cavanagh are hoping to be able to host another spinathon in summer 2021. (Photo courtesy of Full Tilt Cycle)

“As soon as we can get more people in the studio, that’s the first thing I’m going to plan,” she says. “I’m hoping for a June or July spinathon.”

In the meantime, Marshall and Cavanagh hope and encourage people to visit the studio under the current safety restrictions. Marshall explains since she and Cavanagh are both mothers, they prioritize health and safety and are extra-diligent with cleaning measures.

“We respect where everyone is at, but if you’re thinking about working out, consider Full Tilt Cycle as a great safe amazing workout for your mental health that also supports your downtown Peterborough community,” Marshall says. “We’ve got extra air filters. We’ve got the most die-hard cleaning staff and protocols. You’re not near anyone, and you don’t touch anything.”

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“Our staff has massively stepped up,” adds Cavanagh. “We’ve had to add extra training for them. They have to take temperatures, check-ins are totally different, and the cleaning is a huge undertaking.”

For those interesting in signing up for the first time, Full Tilt Cycle is offering new riders their first week for free. You can book a session by visiting their website at www.fulltiltcycle.com. You can also book through the Mindbody app (available for iOS and Android) or their recently launched Full Tilt Cycle app (available for iOS).

For those who don’t yet feel comfortable coming into the studio for a spin class, but would like to support the studio in other ways, buying gift cards, future memberships, and apparel through their website is a great option. Also, the studio currently offers a virtual membership for $13.99 a month. Virtual memberships provide access to videoed rides which you can do at home, either live or on your own time.

The instructors at Full Tilt Cycle in downtown Peterborough transform the typical stationary workout into a fun and captivating journey that pushes you to your "full tilt". The studio continues to offer private rides that meet COVID-19 protocols for team sports, birthday parties, bachelorette parties, and more. (Photo courtesy of Full Tilt Cycle)
The instructors at Full Tilt Cycle in downtown Peterborough transform the typical stationary workout into a fun and captivating journey that pushes you to your “full tilt”. The studio continues to offer private rides that meet COVID-19 protocols for team sports, birthday parties, bachelorette parties, and more. (Photo courtesy of Full Tilt Cycle)

Both Marshall and Cavanagh are incredibly grateful to their loyal customers who have continued to support their business throughout the pandemic, keeping their doors open. They look forward to the revival coming for theirs and other downtown business owners in the months to come.

“Every business downtown is run by somebody who had a creative idea and took a chance,” says Marshall. “Supporting those people is super important.”

Full Tilt Cycle Peterborough is located at 188 Hunter Street Peterborough. To learn more about the spin studio and book a ride session, you can visit their website at www.fulltiltcycle.com.

You can support the studio on social media by following them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Ontario reports 2,448 new COVID-19 cases, including 16 in greater Kawarthas region

By kawarthaNOW -

Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Today, Ontario is reporting 2,448 new cases, the fourth straight day of increases over 2,000 and the second straight day of an increase over 2,400. The seven-day average of daily cases has increased by 94 to 2,038.

The province is also reporting 102 more confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant and 6 more confirmed cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 16 new cases to report and an additional 12 cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region increasing by 4 from yesterday to 105. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit (numbers for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are not available on Sundays).

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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (780), Peel (356), York (278), Durham (219), and Ottawa (150).

There are double-digit increases in Hamilton (78), Middlesex-London (75), Waterloo (64), Simcoe Muskoka (62), Niagara (49), Halton (45), Windsor-Essex (41), Thunder Bay (30), Sudbury (29), Eastern Ontario (27), Lambton (26), Southwestern (24), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (17), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (15), Hastings Prince Edward (11), Chatham-Kent (16), and Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (11), with smaller increases in Grey Bruce (9), Haldimand-Norfolk (8), Northwestern (7), and Brant (7).

The remaining 8 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 3 health units reporting no new cases at all.

Of today’s new cases, 59% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (935) among people ages 20-39 followed by 692 cases among people ages 40-59.

With 1,543 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.2% to 92.5%. The average positivity rate across Ontario is unchanged from yesterday at 4.5%, meaning that 45 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on March 27.

Ontario is reporting 19 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 12 new daily deaths over the past week (no change from yesterday).

While the number of hospitalizations has decreased by 68 from yesterday to 917, more than 10% of hospitals do not submit data for weekend reports, so the actual number of hospitalized patients may be higher. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 1 to 366 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 25 to 217.

A total of 50,227 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 7,613 to 25,452.

A total of 1,981,282 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 64,950 from yesterday, with 309,285 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 984 from yesterday. The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.10% of Ontario’s population, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 13.45% of the population; an estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.

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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 16 new cases to report, including 9 in Hastings Prince Edward and 7 in Peterborough. Reports for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are not provided on Sundays.

There are no new regional cases of presumed variants of concern. However, there is 1 new confirmed variant of concern case in Peterborough, for a total of 2 confirmed cases out of 184 presumed cases.

An additional 12 cases have been resolved, including 9 in Peterborough and 3 in Hastings Prince Edward.

There are currently 105 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 4 from yesterday, including 52 in Peterborough, 30 in Hastings Prince Edward (3 in Quinte West, 11 in Belleville, 6 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 4 in Prince Edward County, 5 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 852 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (790 resolved with 10 deaths), 576 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (523 resolved with 55 deaths), 486 in Northumberland County (463 resolved with 12 deaths), 65 in Haliburton County (63 resolved with 1 death), and 471 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (435 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on March 16.

The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in Toronto, Ottawa, and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).

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Peterborough Public Health

Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 852 (increase of 7)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 2 (increase of 1)
Presumed variants of concern cases: 184 (no change)
Active cases: 52 (decrease of 2)
Close contacts: 257 (no change)
Deaths: 10 (no change)
Resolved: 790 (increase of 9)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 30 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 46,250 (increase of 250)
Outbreaks: Unidentified congregate living facility in Peterborough, Gzowski College student residence at Trent University, Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 24,309 (last updated March 25)

*As of March 26, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and 20 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).

 

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays. These numbers are from March 27.

Confirmed positive: 1,127, including 576 in Kawartha Lakes, 486 in Northumberland, and 65 in Haliburton (increase of 5, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 45, including 9 in Kawartha Lakes, 36 in Northumberland (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)**
Active cases: 23, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (net increase of 1)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 136, including 46 in Kawartha Lakes, 69 in Northumberland, and 19 in Haliburton (net increase of 11)***
Hospitalizations (total to date): 49, including 29 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)****
Deaths (including among probable cases): 68, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,049, including 523 in Kawartha Lakes, 463 in Northumberland, 63 in Haliburton (increase of 3, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)
Tests completed: 160,932 (increase of 458)
Vaccine doses administered: 15,788 (no change, last updated on March 22)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,283 (no change, last updated on March 22)
Outbreaks: None (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.

**The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant.

***This total includes an additional 2 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.

****As of March 26, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change).

*****An outbreak at Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden has 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, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 471 (increase of 9)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 10 (no change)
Active cases: 30 (increase of 6)
Deaths: 6 (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: 435 (increase of 3)
Tests completed: 82,462 (increase of 3,240)
Vaccine doses administered: 24,932 (increase of 546)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 1,915 (no change)
Outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 343,140 (increase of 2,448)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) confirmed cases: 1,625 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 102); 63 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (no change); 67 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 6)
VOC R(t): 1.31 (increase of 0.03, last updated March 23)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 2,038 (increase of 94)
Resolved: 317,408 (increase of 1,543), 92.5% of all cases (decrease of 0.2%)
Positivity rate: 4.5% (no change)
Hospitalizations: 917 (decrease of 68)**
Hospitalizations in ICU: 366 (increase of 1)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 217 (increase of 25)
Deaths: 7,327 (increase of 19)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 12 (no change)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,893 (no change)
Total tests completed: 12,423,100 (increase of 50,227)
Tests under investigation: 25,452 (decrease of 7,613)
Vaccination doses administered: 1,981,282 (increase of 64,950), 13.45% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.44%)***
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 309,285 (increase of 984), 2.10% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.01%)***

*R(t) is a virus’s effective reproduction number, which is the average number of new infections caused by a single infected individual at a specific time (t) in a partially immunized population. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R(t) needs to be less than 1.

**More than 10% of hospitals do not submit data for weekend reports, so the actual number of hospitalized patients may be higher.

***An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.

COVID-19 cases in Ontario from February 25 - March 27, 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 cases in Ontario from February 25 – March 27, 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 February 25 - March 27, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from February 25 – March 27, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from February 25 - March 27, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from February 25 – March 27, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from February 25 - March 27, 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 deaths in Ontario from February 25 – March 27, 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 February 25 - March 27, 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)
COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Ontario from February 25 – March 27, 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)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

Ontario reports 2,453 new COVID-19 cases, including 17 in greater Kawarthas region

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Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Today, Ontario is reporting 2,453 new cases. This is the third straight day of increases over 2,000 and the second day in a row where 6 public health units are experiencing triple-digit increases. The seven-day average of daily cases has increased by 89 to 1,944.

The province is reporting 29 more confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, 3 more confirmed cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and 3 more confirmed cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 17 new cases to report and an additional 6 cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region increasing by 10 from yesterday to 101. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit.

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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (814), Peel (411), York (263), Hamilton (156), Durham (139), and Ottawa (115).

There are double-digit increases in Halton (73), Niagara (72), Middlesex-London (63), Windsor-Essex (46), Simcoe Muskoka (43), Lambton (31), Thunder Bay (25), Sudbury (25), Eastern Ontario (23), Waterloo (23), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (18), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (17), Southwestern (12), Northwestern (11), Haldimand-Norfolk (11), and Grey Bruce (10), with smaller increases in Brant (9), Hastings Prince Edward (8), Renfrew (8), and Peterborough (7).

The remaining 8 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with only 1 health unit (Algoma) reporting no new cases at all.

Of today’s new cases, 55% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (888) among people ages 20-39 followed by 692 cases among people ages 40-59.

With 1,481 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.2% to 92.7%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.7% to 4.5%, meaning that 45 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on March 26.

Ontario is reporting 16 new COVID-19 deaths today, with 1 new death in a long-term care home. Ontario has averaged 12 new daily deaths over the past week, an increase of 1 from yesterday.

The number of hospitalizations has increased by 72 from yesterday to 985, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 6 to 365 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 23 to 192.

A total of 61,005 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 4,299 to 33,065.

A total of 1,916,332 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 77,740 from yesterday, with 308,301 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,928 from yesterday. The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.09% of Ontario’s population, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 13.01% of the population; an estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.

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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 17 new cases to report, including 9 in Hastings Prince Edward, 3 in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, and 2 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Haliburton.

There are 7 more regional cases of presumed variants of concern, including 5 in Peterborough, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.

An additional 6 cases have been resolved, including 3 in Peterborough, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton. An outbreak at Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden has been declared resolved.

There are currently 101 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 10 from yesterday, including 54 in Peterborough, 24 in Hastings Prince Edward (2 in Quinte West, 9 in Belleville, 6 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 3 in Prince Edward County, 3 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 845 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (781 resolved with 10 deaths), 576 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (523 resolved with 55 deaths), 486 in Northumberland County (463 resolved with 12 deaths), 65 in Haliburton County (63 resolved with 1 death), and 462 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (432 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on March 16.

The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in Toronto, Ottawa, and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).

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Peterborough Public Health

Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 845 (increase of 3)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 1 (no change)
Presumed variants of concern cases: 184 (increase of 5)
Active cases: 54 (no change)
Close contacts: 257 (no change)
Deaths: 10 (no change)
Resolved: 781 (increase of 3)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 30 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 46,000 (increase of 150)
Outbreaks: Unidentified congregate living facility in Peterborough, Gzowski College student residence at Trent University, Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 24,309 (last updated March 25)

*As of March 26, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change) and 20 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).

 

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 1,127, including 576 in Kawartha Lakes, 486 in Northumberland, and 65 in Haliburton (increase of 5, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 45, including 9 in Kawartha Lakes, 36 in Northumberland (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)**
Active cases: 23, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (net increase of 1)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 136, including 46 in Kawartha Lakes, 69 in Northumberland, and 19 in Haliburton (net increase of 11)***
Hospitalizations (total to date): 49, including 29 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)****
Deaths (including among probable cases): 68, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,049, including 523 in Kawartha Lakes, 463 in Northumberland, 63 in Haliburton (increase of 3, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)
Tests completed: 160,932 (increase of 458)
Vaccine doses administered: 15,788 (no change, last updated on March 22)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,283 (no change, last updated on March 22)
Outbreaks: None (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.

**The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant.

***This total includes an additional 2 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.

****As of March 26, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change)).

*****An outbreak at Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden has 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, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 462 (increase of 9)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 10 (increase of 1)
Active cases: 24 (increase of 9)
Deaths: 6 (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: 432 (no change)
Tests completed: 79,222 (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 24,386 (increase of 544)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 1,915 (increase of 14)
Outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 340,692 (increase of 2,453)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) confirmed cases: 1,523 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 29); 63 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 3); 61 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 3)
VOC R(t): 1.31 (increase of 0.03 as of March 23)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 1,944 (increase of 89)
Resolved: 315,865 (increase of 1,481), 92.7% of all cases (decrease of 0.2%)
Positivity rate: 4.5% (increase of 0.7%)
Hospitalizations: 985 (increase of 72)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 365 (increase of 6)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 192 (decrease of 23)
Deaths: 7,308 (increase of 16)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 12 (increase of 1)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,893 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: 12,372,873 (increase of 61,005)
Tests under investigation: 33,065 (decrease of 4,299)
Vaccination doses administered: 1,916,332 (increase of 77,740), 13.01% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.53%)**
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 308,301 (increase of 1,928), 2.09% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.01%)**

*R(t) is a virus’s effective reproduction number, which is the average number of new infections caused by a single infected individual at a specific time (t) in a partially immunized population. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R(t) needs to be less than 1.

**An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.

COVID-19 cases in Ontario from February 24 - March 26, 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 cases in Ontario from February 24 – March 26, 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 February 24 - March 26, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from February 24 – March 26, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from February 24 - March 26, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from February 24 – March 26, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from February 24 - March 26, 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 deaths in Ontario from February 24 – March 26, 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 February 24 - March 26, 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)
COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Ontario from February 24 – March 26, 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)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

Peterborough green waste collection begins after Easter Monday

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Green waste collection in the City of Peterborough begins on Tuesday, April 6th — the day after Easter Monday.

Beginning the week of April 6th, you can put your leaf and yard waste out to the curb for collection on your regular collection day every week until the end of November.

Green waste must be in paper yard waste bags, bushel baskets, or a garbage bin labelled with the city’s yellow “Green Waste” sticker. Plastic bags will not be accepted.

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Each container must weigh less than 22 kilograms (50 pounds). Brush can be tied in bundles weighing not more than 22 kilograms (50 pounds), with a length of up to one metre (three feet) and a diameter of up to 30.5 centimetres (12 inches).

There are no limits on the quantity of green waste you can put out for collection.

If you’re planning to spend some of the Easter long weekend cleaning up your yard, the long-range forecast is calling for temperatures between 0° and 11° over the long weekend with a chance of rain or even some snow showers. Easter Monday is looking like the best day with a forecast high of 11° and sunshine.

And remember: if you live in Peterborough and your normal garbage and recycling collection day is on Friday, the collection for Good Friday moves to Easter Monday.

Ontario reports 2,169 new COVID-19 cases, including 13 in greater Kawarthas region

By kawarthaNOW -

Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Today, Ontario is reporting 2,169 new cases, with 6 public health units experiencing triple-digit increases. The seven-day average of daily cases has increased by 61 to 1,855.

Yesterday, the provincial government announced Timiskaming is moving to the Red-Control level effective today. Today, the government announced Hamilton is moving to Grey-Lockdown and Eastern Ontario is moving to Red-Control effective March 29. The government also announced it is modifying its “emergency brake” option so that, when activated in a region, the previous provincial shutdown measures would apply to that region, including the stay-at-home order.

The province is also reporting 36 more confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, 9 more confirmed cases of the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and 4 more confirmed cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.

While the number of deaths remains relatively low, with no deaths in long term care homes for the second day in a row, the number of people admitted to hospitals and in ICUs continues to climb to levels not seen since early February.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 13 new cases to report and an additional 22 cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing from yesterday by 9 to 91. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit.

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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (682), Peel (397), York (254), Ottawa (129), Durham (123), and Hamilton (122).

There are double-digit increases in Middlesex-London (50), Simcoe Muskoka (48), Waterloo (43), Halton (40), Niagara (37), Sudbury (33), Eastern Ontario (30), Lambton (30), Thunder Bay (17), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (16), Windsor-Essex (16), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (13), Peterborough (11), Grey Bruce (10), and Southwestern (10), with smaller increases in Brant (9), Haldimand-Norfolk (9), Renfrew (8), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (7), and Chatham-Kent (7).

The remaining 8 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 2 health units reporting no new cases at all.

Of today’s new cases, 60% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (814) among people ages 20-39 followed by 548 cases among people ages 40-59 and 476 cases among people 19 and under.

With 1,675 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.1% to 92.9%. For the third day in a row, the average positivity rate across Ontario is unchanged at 3.8%, meaning that 38 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on March 25.

Ontario is reporting 12 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 11 new daily deaths over the past week (no change from yesterday).

The number of hospitalizations has increased by 19 from yesterday to 913, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 27 to 359 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators increasing by 3 to 215.

A total of 53,436 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 448 to 37,364.

A total of 1,838,592 doses of vaccine have now been administered, a record increase of 82,996 from yesterday, with 306,373 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,987 from yesterday. The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.08% of Ontario’s population, with fully and partially vaccinated people representing 11.92% of the population; an estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.

There are 167 new cases in Ontario schools, a decrease of 7 from yesterday, including 138 student cases and 29 staff cases. There are 50 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, an increase of 3 from yesterday, including 27 cases among children and 13 cases among staff.

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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 13 new cases to report, including 5 in Hastings Prince Edward, 4 in Peterborough, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Haliburton.

There are 12 more regional cases of presumed variants of concern, in Peterborough.

An additional 22 cases have been resolved, including 10 in Peterborough, 5 in Haliburton, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Northumberland, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.

There are currently 91 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 9 from yesterday, including 54 in Peterborough, 15 in Hastings Prince Edward (2 in Quinte West, 5 in Belleville, 2 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 3 in Prince Edward County, 2 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 10 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 842 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (778 resolved with 10 deaths), 574 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (522 resolved with 55 deaths), 483 in Northumberland County (462 resolved with 12 deaths), 66 in Haliburton County (62 resolved with 1 death), and 453 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (432 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on March 16.

The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in Toronto, Ottawa, and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).

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Peterborough Public Health

Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 842 (increase of 4)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 1 (no change)
Presumed variants of concern cases: 179 (increase of 12)
Active cases: 54 (decrease of 6)
Close contacts: 257 (increase of 57)
Deaths: 10 (no change)
Resolved: 778 (increase of 10)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 30 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 45,850 (increase of 50)
Outbreaks: Unidentified congregate living facility in Peterborough, Gzowski College student residence at Trent University, Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 24,309 (increase of 10,398 since March 18)

*As of March 26, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (previously was fewer than 5) and 20 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).

 

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 1,123, including 574 in Kawartha Lakes, 483 in Northumberland, and 66 in Haliburton (increase of 4, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 44, including 8 in Kawartha Lakes, 36 in Northumberland (no change)**
Active cases: 22, including 10 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (decrease of 7, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 5 in Haliburton)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 125, including 38 in Kawartha Lakes, 61 in Northumberland, and 23 in Haliburton (net decrease of 65)***
Hospitalizations (total to date): 49, including 29 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)****
Deaths (including among probable cases): 68, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,046, including 522 in Kawartha Lakes, 462 in Northumberland, 62 in Haliburton (increase of 11, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Northumberland, and 5 in Haliburton)
Tests completed: 160,474 (increase of 759)
Vaccine doses administered: 15,788 (no change, last updated on March 22)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,283 (no change, last updated on March 22)
Outbreaks: Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden (no change)

*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.

**The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant.

***This total includes an additional 23 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.

****As of March 26, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change)).

 

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 453 (increase of 5)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 9 (no change)
Active cases: 15 (increase of 4)
Deaths: 6 (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: 432 (increase of 1)
Tests completed: 79,222 (increase of 2)
Vaccine doses administered: 23,842 (increase of 749)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 1,901 (increase of 4)
Outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 338,239 (increase of 2,169)
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) confirmed cases: 1,494 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 36); 60 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 9); 58 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 4)
VOC R(t): 1.28 (no change as of March 22)*
7-day average of daily new cases: 1,855 (increase of 61)
Resolved: 314,384 (increase of 1,675), 92.9% of all cases (decrease of 0.1%)
Positivity rate: 3.8% (no change)
Hospitalizations: 913 (increase of 19)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 359 (increase of 27)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 215 (increase of 3)
Deaths: 7,292 (increase of 12)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 11 (no change)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,892 (no change)
Total tests completed: 12,311,868 (increase of 53,436)
Tests under investigation: 37,364 (increase of 448)
Vaccination doses administered: 1,838,592 (increase of 82,996), 11.92% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.56%)**
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 306,373 (increase of 1,987), 2.08% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.01%)**

*R(t) is a virus’s effective reproduction number, which is the average number of new infections caused by a single infected individual at a specific time (t) in a partially immunized population. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R(t) needs to be less than 1.

**An estimated 70-90% of the population must be immunized to achieve herd immunity.

COVID-19 cases in Ontario from February 23 - March 25, 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 cases in Ontario from February 23 – March 25, 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 February 23 - March 25, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from February 23 – March 25, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from February 23 - March 25, 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 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from February 23 – March 25, 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 February 23 - March 25, 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 deaths in Ontario from February 23 – March 25, 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 February 23 - March 25, 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)
COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Ontario from February 23 – March 25, 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)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

Police ask public to be on look-out for Lindsay bus shelter vandals

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A vandalized bus shelter in Lindsay. (Police-supplied photo)

Over the last 24 hours, Kawartha Lakes police have responded to multiple reports of damaged bus shelters in Lindsay.

Kawartha Lakes Transit bus shelters have been vandalized on Queen Street, Colborne Street West, and Kent Street West.

Police are asking the public to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity to police immediately, and to report any damage to bus shelters.

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The Kawartha Lakes Police Service is asking anyone who may have information about these incidents to contact them at 705-324-5252.

If you wish to provide information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or visit www.khcrimestoppers.com.

A vandalized bus shelter in Lindsay. (Police-supplied photo)
A vandalized bus shelter in Lindsay. (Police-supplied photo)

Small businesses now have until April 7 to apply for Ontario Small Business Support Grant

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Small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic now have more time to submit an application for the Ontario Small Business Support Grant of $20,000 to $40,000 to help with ongoing costs.

During his announcement of the province-wide shutdown on Thursday (April 1), Premier Doug Ford said the deadline was being extended until Wednesday, April 7th and encouraged all eligible small businesses to apply.

Launched in January, the Ontario Small Business Support Grant provides direct financial support to eligible small businesses required to close or significantly restrict services under the province-wide shutdown that went into into effect in December 2020. The original deadline for eligible business owners to apply was the end of March.

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To be eligible, a business must have fewer than 100 employees and demonstrate they experienced a revenue decline of at least 20 per cent when comparing monthly revenue in April 2019 and April 2020.

There are no restrictions on how businesses can use the grant.

For more details on how to apply, refer to the Ontario Small Business Support Grant application guide.

There’s also good news for small businesses that have already applied for and received the grant.

As part of its 2021 budget, the Ontario government announced small businesses that had previously been approved for the grant will receive a second payment equal to the amount of their first payment.

These businesses do not need to apply again for the second payment — they will automatically receive it based on their original application. The government has not yet provided details on when businesses can expect to receive their second payment.

On Monday, March 29th, the province also announced the Ontario Tourism and Hospitality Small Business Support Grant, which will provide one-time payments of $10,000 to $20,000 to eligible small businesses including hotels, motels, travel agencies, amusement and water parks, hunting and fishing camps, and recreational and vacation camps including children’s overnight summer camps.

As with Ontario Small Business Support Grant, these businesses must demonstrate they have experienced a minimum 20 per cent revenue decline and have fewer than 100 employees to qualify. Any small businesses that received the Ontario Small Business Support Grant will not be eligible for this new grant.

Details on how to apply for the Ontario Tourism and Hospitality Small Business Support Grant are not yet available.

 

This story has been updated with the revised application deadline for the Ontario Small Business Support Grant application deadline and details about the new Ontario Tourism and Hospitality Small Business Support Grant.

Ontario reports 2,380 new COVID-19 cases, including 21 in greater Kawarthas region

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Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Today, Ontario is reporting 2,380 new cases, although the province says 280 of these are previous cases added as a result of a technical issue that affected the flow of laboratory reports into the provincial case and contact management system.

However, even without these previous cases, today’s total is 2,100 — the highest daily increase since January 23 when 2,417 cases were reported. The seven-day average of daily cases has increased by 118 to 1,794.

The province is also reporting 69 more confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, 1 more case of the of B.1.351 South Africa variant, and 7 more cases of the P.1 Brazilian variant.

In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 21 new cases to report and an additional 8 cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region increasing by 12 to 100. See below for detailed numbers from each regional health unit.

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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (with a record number of 1,016), Peel (294), York (244), and Ottawa (152).

There are double-digit increases in Durham (90), Hamilton (79), Halton (53), Waterloo (50), Simcoe Muskoka (48), Eastern Ontario (46), Niagara (45), Lambton (40), Thunder Bay (34), Sudbury (29), Middlesex-London (25), Windsor-Essex (24), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (17), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (17), and Haldimand-Norfolk (13), with smaller increases in Southwestern (8), Chatham-Kent (7), Kingston, and Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (6).

The remaining 12 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with only 1 health unit (Porcupine) reporting no new cases at all.

Of today’s new cases, 56% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (834) among people ages 20-39 followed by 719 cases among people ages 40-59.

With 1,329 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.3% to 93.0%. The average positivity rate across Ontario remains unchanged at 3.8%, meaning that 38 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on March 24.

Ontario is reporting 17 new COVID-19 deaths today, with no new deaths in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 11 new daily deaths over the past week (no change from yesterday).

The number of hospitalizations has increased by 1 from yesterday to 894, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 1 to 332 and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators increasing by 2 to 212.

A total of 60,077 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 2,069 to 36,916.

A total of 1,755,596 doses of vaccine have now been administered, a record increase of 79,446 from yesterday, with 304,386 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,722 from yesterday. The number of fully vaccinated people represents 2.07% of Ontario’s population, an increase of 0.02% from yesterday.

There are 174 new cases in Ontario schools, a decrease of 83 from yesterday, including 135 student cases and 39 staff cases. There are 47 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, a decrease of 24 from yesterday, including 30 cases among children and 17 cases among staff.

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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 21 new cases to report, including 10 in Peterborough, 5 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 2 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Haliburton.

There are 2 more regional cases of presumed variants of concern, in Peterborough. There is 1 new hospitalization, also in Peterborough.

An additional 8 cases have been resolved, including 5 in Peterborough, 2 in Northumberland, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes. An outbreak at St. Michael Catholic Elementary School in Cobourg has been resolved.

There are currently 100 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, an increase of 12 from yesterday, including 60 in Peterborough, 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West, 3 in Belleville, 1 in Tyendinaga & Deseronto, 3 in Prince Edward County, 2 in Central Hastings, and 1 in North Hastings), 10 in Northumberland, and 8 in Haliburton.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 838 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (768 resolved with 10 deaths), 572 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (519 resolved with 55 deaths), 481 in Northumberland County (459 resolved with 12 deaths), 66 in Haliburton County (57 resolved with 1 death), and 448 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (431 resolved with 6 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on March 16.

The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 4 p.m. the previous day, as well as from systems in Toronto, Ottawa, and Middlesex-London at 2 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).

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Peterborough Public Health

Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.

The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 838 (increase of 10)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 1 (no change)
Presumed variants of concern cases: 167 (increase of 2)
Active cases: 60 (increase of 5)
Close contacts: 200 (no change)
Deaths: 10 (no change)
Resolved: 768 (increase of 5)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 30 (increase of 1)*
Total tests completed: Over 45,800 (increase of 150)
Outbreaks: Unidentified congregate living facility in Peterborough, Gzowski College student residence at Trent University, Empress Gardens retirement home in Peterborough (no change)
Vaccine doses administered: 24,309 (increase of 10,398 since March 18)

*As of March 25, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (previously was fewer than 5) and 20 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).

 

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 1,119, including 572 in Kawartha Lakes, 481 in Northumberland, and 66 in Haliburton (increase of 7, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland)*
Cases with N501Y mutation: 44, including 8 in Kawartha Lakes, 36 in Northumberland (decrease of 1 in Haliburton)**
Active cases: 29, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Northumberland, and 8 in Haliburton (net increase of 3)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 180, including 35 in Kawartha Lakes, 75 in Northumberland, and 55 in Haliburton (net decrease of 5)***
Hospitalizations (total to date): 49, including 29 in Kawartha Lakes, 17 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (no change)****
Deaths (including among probable cases): 68, including 55 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Resolved: 1,035, including 519 in Kawartha Lakes, 459 in Northumberland, 57 in Haliburton (increase of 3, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland)
Tests completed: 159,715 (increase of 1,474)
Vaccine doses administered: 15,788 (no change, last updated on March 22)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 2,283 (no change, last updated on March 22)
Outbreaks: Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden (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.

**The N501Y mutation has been identified in variants of concern including the B.1.1.7 UK variant, the B.1.351 South Africa variant, and the P.1 Brazilian variant.

***This total includes an additional 15 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.

****As of March 25, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 1 patient hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change)).

*****An outbreak at St. Michael Catholic Elementary School in Cobourg has been 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, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 448 (increase of 4)
Confirmed variants of concern cases: 9 (no change)
Active cases: 11 (increase of 4)
Deaths: 6 (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: 431 (no change)
Tests completed: 79,220 (increase of 10)
Vaccine doses administered: 23,093 (increase of 944)
Number of people fully vaccinated: 1,897 (increase of 1)
Outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 336,070 (increase of 2,380)*
COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) confirmed cases: 1,458 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 69); 51 of B.1.351 South Africa variant (increase of 1); 54 of P.1 Brazilian variant (increase of 7)
VOC R(t): 1.28 (decrease of 0.02 as of March 21)**
7-day average of daily new cases: 1,794 (increase of 118)
Resolved: 312,709 (increase of 1,329), 93.0% of all cases (decrease of 0.3%)
Positivity rate: 3.8% (no change)
Hospitalizations: 894 (increase of 1)
Hospitalizations in ICU: 332 (decrease of 1)
Hospitalizations in ICU on ventilator: 212 (increase of 2)
Deaths: 7,280 (increase of 17)
7-day average of daily new deaths: 11 (no change)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,892 (no change)
Total tests completed: 12,258,432 (increase of 60,077)
Tests under investigation: 36,916 (decrease of 2,069)
Vaccination doses administered: 1,755,596 (increase of 79,446)
People fully vaccinated (two doses): 304,386 (increase of 1,722), 2.07% of Ontario’s population (increase of 0.02%, est. 70-90% required for herd immunity)

*Today’s total count includes approximately 280 previous cases added as a result of a technical issue affecting the flow of laboratory reports into the provincial case and contact management system. Without these previous cases, today’s count is 2,100.

**R(t) is a virus’s effective reproduction number, which is the average number of new infections caused by a single infected individual at a specific time (t) in a partially immunized population. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R(t) needs to be less than 1.

COVID-19 cases in Ontario from February 22 - March 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 cases in Ontario from February 22 – March 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 February 22 - March 24, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from February 22 – March 24, 2021. The red line is the daily number of tests completed, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com
COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from February 22 - March 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 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from February 22 – March 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 February 22 - March 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)
COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from February 22 – March 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)
COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Ontario from February 22 - March 24, 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)
COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Ontario from February 22 – March 24, 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)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

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