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Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - May 5, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – May 5, 2020

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Cases and deaths as reported by regional health units: Peterborough Public Health; Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit; and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
Murray Miskin, senior lawyer and managing director of Miskin Law, which is bringing a class action lawsuit Bio-Test Laboratories and Spartan Bioscience, both of Ottawa, alleging that false positive COVID-19 test results created distress and severe hardship for people living at Case Manor and those who care for them. (Supplied photo)

Peterborough law firm suing Ottawa lab and test manufacturer over false positive COVID-19 test...

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Miskin Law claims false positive results created distress and hardship for staff and residents of Case Manor in Bobcaygeon.
A front-line health care worker at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) takes a patient's blood pressure. Thanks to the generosity of local businesses and community leaders, donations to the PRHC Foundation's COVID-19 response fund will now be matched up to $190,000. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

Donations to PRHC Foundation’s COVID-19 response fund will now be matched up to $190,000

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Local businesses and community leaders have stepped up with donations following example of local philanthropists David and Patricia Morton.
A rendition of the reconstructed Scotts Mills Dam at Lock 19 on the Trent-Severn Waterway in Peterborough. Construction resumes on the dam in May 2020 which, once completed, will include a pedestrian walkway. (Graphic: Parks Canada)

Construction to resume on Scotts Mills Dam in Peterborough

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Once completed, restored dam will include pedestrian access onto the dam itself.
A community garden in the City of Peterborough. Public health units have released guidelines for the safe operation of community gardens, which include instructions such as maintaining physical distancing between gardeners. (Photo courtesy of Nourish Project)

Health units release guidelines for safe operation of community gardens during COVID-19

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Ontario government announced on April 25 that allotment gardens and community gardens would be permitted.
Due to COVID-19, Hospice Peterborough made the decision in early March to restrict entry to its London Street location to essential resident visitors and staff only. Creative solutions like this one have allowed families to visit with residents while protecting the safety of both residents and staff. (Photo: Hospice Peterborough / Twitter)

All Hospice Peterborough staff test negative for COVID-19

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Positive test result for resident now believed to have been false positive due to Ottawa lab error
Lakefield Farmers' Market opens for the summer season on Thursday, May 21st. Asparagus is in season in May and June. (Photo: Lakefield Farmers' Market / Facebook)

COVID-19 safe Lakefield Farmers’ Market set to open on May 21

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Public health measures in place to ensure customer and vendor safety; list of confirmed vendors now available.
A resident catching up on the news at St. Joseph's at Fleming, a 200-bed long-term care home in Peterborough. As of May 1, 2020, the home has one resident who is positive for COVID-19. (Photo: St. Joseph's at Fleming)

New COVID-19 outbreaks declared at Caressant Care Lindsay and Maplewood Nursing Home in Brighton

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Status of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care and retirement homes in the Kawarthas region.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - May 4, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – May 4, 2020

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Cases and deaths as reported by regional health units: Peterborough Public Health; Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit; and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
A 25-year-old Quinte West woman totalled her car when she crashed into a cemetery just west of Brighton on May 2, 2020. She has been charged with impaired driving and driving while under suspension. (Photo: OPP Central Region / Twitter)

Drunk driver crashes into cemetery near Brighton

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25-year-old Quinte West woman has been charged with impaired driving and driving while under suspension.
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