Greenhouse manager Kyle Griffin at Griffin's Greenhouses in Selywn, one of many locally owned independent garden centres in the Kawarthas that are ready to open to the public for gardening season once the Ontario government gives them the green light. Currently, they can only offer curbside pickup and delivery instead of allowing customers to browse plants. (Photo: Griffin's Greenhouses / Instagram)
Premier Doug Ford has promised “good news” later this week for independent garden centres and nurseries in Ontario.
Although garden centres and nurseries were among a shortlist of selected businesses that the Ontario government announced on Friday (May 1) would be allowed to open on May 4th, they can only provide curbside pick-up and delivery — which many have already been doing.
Ford made the comment at a media briefing on Monday (May 4) after a reporter asked the Premier why standalone garden centres are not on a level playing field with grocery stores, which are allowed to sell plants in store and in their parking lots.
“I agree it’s unfair,” Ford replied. “Stay tuned, we’re going to have some good news for these folks this week. We’re going to get moving on that.”
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Although garden centres and nurseries were not explicitly named as essential businesses under Ontario’s previous emergency orders, many have already been operating with curbside pick-up.
Others that can afford to do so have implemented online shopping and delivery, which was allowed under the emergency orders.
However, this method of doing businesses has limited sales for these businesses, as most gardeners prefer to browse and select plants themselves in person.
Unlike grocery stores and big box stores, locally owned independent gardening retailers often grow their own plants, have a much wider variety of plants to choose from, and have experienced and knowledgeable staff.
May is a critical month for garden centres and nurseries as people begin planting in earnest around the Victoria Day weekend.
A resident of Extendicare Cobourg greets Obi-Wan Kenobi, an alpaca from Haute Goat in Port Hope. Haute Goat owner Debbie Nightingale brought Obi and his mom Bella to the 69-bed long-term care home to entertain residents and workers. (Photo: Extendicare Cobourg / Facebook)
Last Tuesday (April 28), residents and workers at Extendicare Cobourg had a special experience when Haute Goat arrived with two alpacas for “window visits”.
The 200-acre specialty farm located just outside Port Hope specializes in raising Nigerian dwarf goats, but also has Huacaya alpacas, Icelandic horses, and more.
Haute Goat is usually open to the public to offer goat yoga, alpaca walks, team-building experiences, farm-life workshops, a farm gate store, a cafe, and the ever-popular “goat shmurgle”, where you can cuddle with a goat. However, the farm has been closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Haute Goat co-founder Debbie Nightingale (right) and her team brought the farm’s two Huacaya alpacas to Extendicare Cobourg on April 28, 2020 for window visits with residents. (Photos: Extendicare Cobourg / Facebook)
That didn’t stop co-owner Debbie Nightingale from bringing her two alpacas — Bella and her son Obi-Wan Kenobi (appropriately named for this May the 4th story) — to Extendicare Cobourg, a 69-bed long-term care home at 130 Densmore Road.
“It was wonderful to bring some smiles to residents and staff,” Haute Goat writes on its Facebook page.
This isn’t the first time the Haute Goat alpacas have visited a seniors’ residence. Back on March 31st, Haute Goat made an offer to visit seniors’ homes within 50 kilometres of Port Hope.
Bella (left) and her son Obi-Wan Kenobi (right) visiting with residents of Extendicare Cobourg on April 28, 2020. (Photos: Extendicare Cobourg / Facebook)
Some of the other homes Bella and Obi-Wan have visited so far include Roseglen Village for Seniors and Empire Crossing Retirement Community in Port Hope.
Debbie Nightingale founded Haute Goat in 2013 with her husband Shain Jaffe when the Toronto couple decided to buy a farm in Campbellford and move there.
Two years later, they sold the Campbellford farm and moved to the current location at 1166 5th Line outside Port Hope to be closer to family in Toronto.
Debbie Nightingale and Shain Jaffe, owners and operators of Haute Goat in Port Hope. (Photo: Haute Goat / Facebook)
While the farm is closed due to COVID-19, Nightingale and Jaffe and the Haute Goat team are offering regular Facebook Live events, and you can still shop online for goat and alpaca-related products at hautegoat.com for delivery or contactless pickup at the farm.
They are also offering “Goats Go Zoom”, a virtual experience with the farm’s animals.
And you can always watch the goats at Haute Goat for free 24/7 via one of three live webcams at hautegoat.com/live-goat-cam/.
14-year-old Kurtis Hawkes is 5'8" and 155 lbs, and was last seen wearing a dark blue jacket. (Police-supplied photo)
Update – Mon May 4 at 4:40pm
Peterborough police advise that Kurtis Hawkes has been located.
The Peterborough Police Service is asking for the public’s assistance in locating missing person 14-year-old Kurtis Hawkes.
Hawkes was last seen leaving his residence at approximately 6 p.m. last Wednesday (April 29), heading for the skate park near Monaghan Road in Peterborough.
On Friday (May 1), he telephoned saying he was heading to Bobcaygeon with an unknown female.
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Hawkes has not been heard from since.
Hawkes is white, 5’8″ and 155 lbs, and was last seen wearing a dark blue jacket.
Anyone with information is asked to call Peterborough police at 705-876-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or www.stopcrimehere.ca.
kawarthaNOW is providing a daily report of COVID-19 cases in the greater Kawarthas region.
Here’s today summary: there are 84 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area, 139 in the City of Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Northumberland County, 7 in Haliburton County, and 42 in Hastings County and Prince Edward County.
That’s an increase of 2 cases from yesterday’s report, with 1 new case in Peterborough and 1 new case in Kawartha Lakes. Important note: the total number of positive cases in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes may decrease, as a number of cases may have been false positive due to a lab error.
There have been 39 deaths. The most recent death was reported on April 30 by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
Province-wide, there are 17,553 confirmed cases, an increase of 434 from yesterday’s report. There have been 1,216 deaths, an increase of 40 from yesterday’s report. A total of 327,505 tests have been completed, an increase of 17,146 from yesterday’s report, with 9,785 tests under investigation.
This report is based on data supplied by the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), as well as any additional information supplied by hospitals. This information is at least 24 hours old, so it is not real-time data.
We publish the daily report, usually by late afternoon, with the most current information released by health units. Note that each health unit reports the information in a different way.
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
Confirmed positive: 84 (increase of 1 from May 2)* Confirmed negative: 2,798 (as of April 28)** Results pending: 829 (as of April 28)** Deaths: 3 (no change from May 2) Resolved: 47 (no change from May 2) Total tests completed: 3,713 (as of April 28)**
Institutional Outbreaks: St. Joseph’s at Fleming, St. John’s Senior Centre, Empress Gardens Retirement Residence, Extendicare Lakefield, Peterborough Retirement Residence (no change from May 2)***
*The total number of positive cases may no longer be accurate. On May 2, the health unit advised that 22 positive cases reported between April 22 and 29 may be false positives due to a technical error at an Ottawa laboratory.
**Due to increased testing in long-term care facilities, there is a delay in reporting these numbers.
***Number of cases not reported.
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.
Confirmed positive: 159, including 139 in Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Northumberland, 7 in Haliburton (increase of 1 from May 2)* Hospitalizations: 10 (no change from May 2) Deaths: 32, including 28 in Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon (no change from May 2) Resolved: 123 (increase of 1 from May 2) Institutional Outbreaks: Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, Case Manor in Bobcaygeon (no change from May 2)**
*The total number of positive cases may no longer be accurate. On May 2, the health unit advised that 13 positive cases at Case Manor in Bobcaygeon and Adelaide Place in Lindsay may be false positives due to a technical error at an Ottawa laboratory.
**Number of cases not reported.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
Confirmed positive: 42 (no change from May 2) Probable cases: 198 (decrease of 3 from May 2) Deaths: 4 (no change from May 2) Hospitalized: 1 (no change from May 2) Hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (no change from May 2) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change from May 2) Recovered: 20 (no change from May 2) Total tests completed: 3,151 (increase of 119 from May 2) Institutional Outbreaks: Belmont in Belleville, Hastings Manor in Belleville, Moira Place in Tweed (no change from May 2)*
*Number of cases not reported.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 17,553 (increase of 434 from May 2) Hospitalized: 1,010 (increase of 33 from May 2) Hospitalized and in ICU: 232 (increase of 11 from May 2) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 174 (increase of 20 from May 2) Deaths: 1,216 (increase of 40 from May 2) Total tests completed 327,505 (increase of 17,146 from May 2) Tests under investigation: 9,785 (decrease of 3,044 from May 2) Resolved: 12,005 (increase of 615 from May 2)
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario by public health unit, January 15 – May 2, 2020. (Graphic: Public Health Ontario)
Westben's popular Concerts at The Barn series in Campbellford takes place in a 400-seat timber-frame barn with seating space for around one hundred people on lawn chairs in the meadow. (Photo: Westben)
Westben in Campbellford has cancelled its popular Concerts at The Barn series this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Westben is genuinely sorry to announce that Concerts at The Barn 2020 will not take place as originally planned,” says co-founder and artistic and managing director Brian Finley on Saturday (May 2).
“The cancellation of the summer season is in keeping with government guidelines and with concern for the safety and well-being of all our communities of artists, participants, patrons and volunteers — in short, all of us.”
VIDEO: Westben Concerts at The Barn Announcement – May 2, 2020
Performers scheduled for Concerts at The Barn this summer had included singer-songwriter Joel Plaskett, cellist Ofra Harnoy, comedian Mary Walsh, folk musician David Francey, Lakefield’s musical family Leahy, soprano Karina Gauvin, singer-songwriter William Prince, and singer/pianist Carol Welsman, among others.
Finley says Westben will be contacting all ticket holders personally over the next three weeks, beginning Wednesday, May 6th. Options include receiving a refund for ticket purchases, leaving tickets on account for future presentations, or converting tickets into a donation with a tax receipt.
To keep connected with the community, Westben has launched “Sunshine Ahead”, an online content series featuring videos, a podcast, and kids’ content, available at westben.ca/sunshine-ahead.
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The cancellation of events and performances at Westben, including the 2020 Concerts at The Barn, represents a loss of up to 70 per cent of the organization’s projected annual revenue.
Westben is encouraging “Sunbeam Donations” to help the organization make it through the COVID-19 pandemic and support alternative music programming. Donations over $20 will receive a tax receipt. To donate, visit westben.ca/donate.
Westben was founded as Westben Arts Festival Theatre in 1999 by soprano Donna Bennett and pianist-composer Brian Finley. Originally known for its summer Concerts at The Barn series in a 400-seat timber-frame barn, the not-for-profit organization now has its headquarters in Clock Tower Cultural Centre in Campbellford and has become a year-round endeavour, presenting 82 performances and events in 2019 at The Barn, the Clock Tower, and other venues in the area.
Bennett and Finley received the Order of Canada in 2017 for their dedication to fostering the performing arts, musical education, and community building in rural Ontario.
kawarthaNOW is providing a daily report of COVID-19 cases in the greater Kawarthas region.
Here’s today summary: there are 83 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area, 138 in the City of Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Northumberland County, 7 in Haliburton County, and 42 in Hastings County and Prince Edward County.
That’s a net decrease of 3 cases from yesterday’s report, with 4 fewer cases in Peterborough and 1 new case in Hastings County and Prince Edward County. Important note: the total number of positive cases in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes may decrease, as a number of cases may have been false positive due to a lab error in April.
There have been 39 deaths. The most recent death was reported on April 30 by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
Province-wide, there are 17,119 confirmed cases, an increase of 511 from yesterday’s report. There have been 1,176 deaths, an increase of 55 from yesterday’s report. A total of 310,359 tests have been completed, an increase of 16,305 from yesterday’s report, with 12,829 tests under investigation.
This report is based on data supplied by the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), as well as any additional information supplied by hospitals. This information is at least 24 hours old, so it is not real-time data.
We publish the daily report, usually by late afternoon, with the most current information released by health units. Note that each health unit reports the information in a different way.
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
Confirmed positive: 83 (decrease of 4 from May 1)* Confirmed negative: 2,798 (as of April 28)** Results pending: 829 (as of April 28)** Deaths: 3 (no change from May 1) Resolved: 47 (increase of 3 from May 1) Total tests completed: 3,713 (as of April 28)**
Institutional Outbreaks: St. Joseph’s at Fleming, St. John’s Senior Centre, Empress Gardens Retirement Residence, Extendicare Lakefield, Peterborough Retirement Residence (no change from May 1)***
*The total number of positive cases may no longer be accurate. On May 1, the health unit advised that 22 positive cases reported between April 22 and 29 may be false positives due to a technical error at an Ottawa laboratory.
**Due to increased testing in long-term care facilities, there is a delay in reporting these numbers.
***Number of cases not reported.
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.
Confirmed positive: 158, including 138 in Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Northumberland, 7 in Haliburton (no change from May 1)* Hospitalizations: 10 (no change from May 1) Deaths: 32, including 28 in Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon (no change from May 1) Resolved: 122 (increase of 1 from May 1) Institutional Outbreaks: Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, Case Manor in Bobcaygeon (no change from May 1)**
*The total number of positive cases may no longer be accurate. On May 1, the health unit advised that 13 positive cases at Case Manor in Bobcaygeon and Adelaide Place in Lindsay may be false positives due to a technical error at an Ottawa laboratory.
**Number of cases not reported.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
Confirmed positive: 42 (increase of 1 from May 1) Probable cases: 201 (decrease of 11 from May 1) Deaths: 4 (no change from May 1) Hospitalized: 1 (no change from May 1) Hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (no change from May 1) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change from May 1) Recovered: 20 (no change from May 1) Total tests completed: 3,032 (increase of 186 from May 1) Institutional Outbreaks: Belmont in Belleville, Hastings Manor in Belleville, Moira Place in Tweed (no change from May 1)*
*Number of cases not reported.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 17,119 (increase of 511 from May 1) Hospitalized: 977 (decrease of 40 from May 1) Hospitalized and in ICU: 221 (decrease of 4 from May 1) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 154 (decrease of 21 from May 1) Deaths: 1,176 (increase of 55 from May 1) Total tests completed 310,359 (increase of 16,305 from May 1) Tests under investigation: 12,829 (increase of 854 from May 1) Resolved: 11,390 (increase of 565 from May 1)
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario by public health unit, January 15 – May 1, 2020. (Graphic: Public Health Ontario)
After Peterborough Public Health reported on Friday (May 1) that 22 positive COVID-19 test results were affected by a technical error at Bio-Test Laboratories in Ottawa, another local health unit is reporting that 13 of its positive test results have also been affected by the same error.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit sent 13 specimens from staff and residents of two long-term care homes in the City of Kawartha Lakes to Bio-Test Laboratories for testing. Bio-Test has advised that a technical error has resulted in a decision by the lab to reject all COVID-19 positive test results performed last weekend.
There is a concern that these results may have shown a positive test result when they were in fact negative.
The positive results received prompted the health unit to declare COVID-19 outbreaks in Case Manor in Bobcaygeon and Adelaide Place in Lindsay. The health unit has notified the 13 people of the questionable test results.
Additional testing is being conducted immediately. The swabs are being sent to a different lab and test results are expected this weekend.
“While we hope these cases actually do test negative, this error and misdiagnosis is very unfortunate for the individuals and their families,” says Dr. Lynn Noseworthy, medical officer of health for the HKPR District Health Unit.
“Many of these individuals live in Bobcaygeon and we know how devastating COVID-19 has been for that community already, so we are hopeful we will receive some good news with the new test results and can lift our outbreak declaration at these long-term care homes.”
This reporting error will also impact the close contacts of these cases. The health unit recommends that anyone identified as a close contact of these individuals should continue their isolation and self-monitoring until the results of the retesting have been received.
The health unit says all contacts can expect to hear from a public health nurse for further guidance.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) has had to close both the Ganaraska Forest and the Ganaraska Forest Centre. The closure of the Ganaraska Forest Centre, which provides educational programmng for students from across Ontario, has greatly affected the organization's revenues. (Photo courtesy of GRCA)
The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) in Port Hope announced on Friday (May 1) that it has temporarily laid off some of its full and part-time employees, as well as reducing hours of full-time employees still providing essential services.
The lay offs and reductions, which affect more than 50 per cent of GRCA’s workforce, have been in place since Monday, April 27th.
The GRCA operates on revenues raised through its watershed programs and services — including the Ganaraska Forest and the Ganaraska Forest Centre, which contribute to around 30 per cent of the GRCA’s annual revenues — as well as levy support from its eight partner municipalities.
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Due to the pandemic, both the Ganaraska Forest and the Ganaraska Forest Centre have been closed to the public since March 17th.
The Ganaraska Forest Centre’s 42-year-old outdoor education program normally serves almost 10,000 students from across Ontario throughout the year. With the previous province-wide teacher strike followed by the pandemic, schools have had to reduce visits since early winter, greatly reducing the program’s revenues.
The closures have also affected weddings scheduled for 2020 at the Ganaraska Forest Centre, and may jeopardize the GRCA’s Nature Nuts Summer Camp program for young environmentalists.
“These cutbacks and closures were extremely difficult to make,” says the GRCA’s board chair Jeff Lees. “The GRCA, like many others, are being optimistic that this current situation will end soon, so that we can bring staff back to their important positions serving our local watershed and open our buildings and properties to the public.”
Formed in October 1946, the GRCA is one of the oldest conservation authorities in Ontario. The watersheds of the GRCA cover an area of 935 square kilometres from Wilmot Creek in Clarington to east of Cobourg, from the south shore of Rice Lake down to Lake Ontario.
Although operating with reduced staff, the GRCA says it “remains committed to the Ganaraska Region Watershed, and working with its partners to ensure that the special spaces and places that make the Ganaraska Region so unique remain intact for others to enjoy.”
The Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree is usually held every August civic holiday weekend at the Bancroft Curling Club and the North Hastings Community Centre and features around 100 dealers of fine minerals, crystals, gems, fossils, jewellery, art pieces, and lapidary supplies, as well as daily mineral collecting tours, speakers, demonstrations, and workshops. (Photo: Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree / Facebook)
The 2020 Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree — Canada’s largest annual gem and mineral show — has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
The four-day event usually runs every August civic holiday weekend, and was scheduled to take place from July 30th to August 2nd in the Town of Bancroft.
Normally organized by the Bancroft and District Chamber of Commerce, this was to be the first year the Gemboree was to be jointly organized by the Town of Bancroft and the Chamber.
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“It is with deep regret today that the Town must announce the cancellation of the 2020 Rockhound Gemboree,” reads a media release from the Town of Bancroft on Thursday (April 30).
“The uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult to plan the event with any sense of sureness. At this time, it is unknown how or when the Province will relax physical distancing measures or when large gatherings will again be permitted.”
The show is usually held at the Bancroft Curling Club and the North Hastings Community Centre and features around 100 dealers of fine minerals, crystals, gems, fossils, jewellery, art pieces, and lapidary supplies, as well as daily mineral collecting tours, speakers, demonstrations, and workshops.
The Gemboree began in 1963 and has been named one of the top 100 events by Festivals and Events Ontario several years in a row. Around 8,000 people visit the Gemboree every year, generating around $1 million in revenue for the local economy.
kawarthaNOW is providing a daily report of COVID-19 cases in the greater Kawarthas region.
Here’s today summary: there are 87 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area, 138 in the City of Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Northumberland County, 7 in Haliburton County, and 41 in Hastings County and Prince Edward County.
That’s a total increase of 2 cases from yesterday’s report, with 1 new case in Peterborough and 1 new case in Kawartha Lakes. Important note: the total number of positive cases in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes may now be inaccurate, as 22 cases in Peterborough and 13 cases in Kawartha Lakes were affected by a technical error at an Ottawa laboratory that may have resulted in false positive results.
There have been 39 deaths. The most recent death was reported on April 30 by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
Province-wide, there are 16,608 confirmed cases, an increase of 421 from yesterday’s report. There have been 1,121 deaths, an increase of 39 from yesterday’s report. A total of 294,054 tests have been completed, an increase of 16,532 from yesterday’s report, with 11,975 cases under investigation.
This report is based on data supplied by the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), as well as any additional information supplied by hospitals. This information is at least 24 hours old, so it is not real-time data.
We publish the daily report, usually by late afternoon, with the most current information released by health units. Note that each health unit reports the information in a different way.
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
Confirmed positive: 87 (increase of 1 from April 30)* Confirmed negative: 2,798 (as of April 28)** Results pending: 829 (as of April 28)** Deaths: 3 (no change from April 30)*** Resolved: 44 (no change from April 30) Total tests completed: Data not provided Institutional Outbreaks: St. Joseph’s at Fleming, St. John’s Senior Centre, Empress Gardens Retirement Residence, Extendicare Lakefield, Peterborough Retirement Residence (no change from April 30)****
*The total number of positive cases may no longer be accurate. On May 1, the health unit advised that 22 positive cases reported between April 22 and 29 may be false positives due to a technical error at an Ottawa laboratory.
**Due to increased testing in long-term care facilities, there is a delay in reporting these numbers.
***This number includes one person who tested positive for COVID-19, but whose cause of death was unrelated to the disease.
****Number of cases not reported.
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.
Confirmed positive: 158, including 138 in Kawartha Lakes, 13 in Northumberland, 7 in Haliburton (increase of 1 from April 30)* Hospitalizations: 10 (no change from April 30) Deaths: 32, including 28 in Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon (no change from April 30) Resolved: 121 (increase of 5 from April 30) Institutional Outbreaks: Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, Case Manor in Bobcaygeon (no change from April 30)**
*The total number of positive cases may no longer be accurate. On May 1, the health unit advised that 13 positive cases at Case Manor in Bobcaygeon and Adelaide Place in Lindsay may be false positives due to a technical error at an Ottawa laboratory.
**Number of cases not reported.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
Confirmed positive: 41 (no change from April 30) Probable cases: 212 (decrease of 3 from April 30) Deaths: 4 (no change from April 30) Hospitalized: 1 (no change from April 30) Hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (no change from April 30) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change from April 30) Recovered: 20 (no change from April 30) Total tests completed: 2,846 (increase of 302 from April 30) Institutional Outbreaks: Belmont in Belleville, Hastings Manor in Belleville, Moira Place in Tweed (no change from April 30)*
*Number of cases not reported.
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 16,608 (increase of 421 from April 30) Hospitalized: 1,017 (increase of 18 from April 30) Hospitalized and in ICU: 225 (decrease of 8 from April 30) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 175 (decrease of 6 from April 30) Deaths: 1,121 (increase of 39 from April 30) Total tests completed 294,054 (increase of 16,532 from April 30) Tests under investigation: 11,975 (increase of 116 from April 30) Resolved: 10,825 (increase of 620 from April 30)
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario by public health unit, January 15 – April 30, 2020. (Graphic: Public Health Ontario)
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