covid-19: ontario reports 1,095 new cases
ontario's covid-19 daily case count flirted with dropping below 1,000 for the second day in a row wednesday
may 26 2021
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by: blair crawford
ontario’s covid-19 daily case count flirted with dropping below 1,000 for the second day in a row wednesday, with 1,095 new cases reported. the day before the count was 1,039. ontario hasn’t had a day below 1,000 since the 990 cases reported march 6 at the beginning of the pandemic’s third wave.
the province’s record high for daily cases was 4,812 on april 16.
wednesday’s count included 257 cases in toronto, 215 in peel, 123 in durham and 101 in york. another 22 covid-19 patients have died.
ontario completed 24,000 covid-19 tests on wednesday and as of 8 p.m. had administered 8,386,950 vaccinations.
the new number brings ontario’s total number of cases to 526,045 with 499,640 of them resolved. twenty-three more deaths were recorded wednesday, bringing the total to 8,678 deaths.
some 1,073 covid patients are in ontario hospitals with 672 in intensive care and 469 on respirators.
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numbers for ottawa will be released later in the day. on tuesday, ottawa public health reported 48 new cases, the second day in a row with a daily case count under 50. the medical officer of health, dr. vera etches, and coun. keith egli, chair of the ottawa board of health, are expected to brief city council later wednesday about the latest covid situation in the city.
ottawa and the rest of ontario remain under a stay-at-home order and the province isn’t expected to begin opening up the economy again until it enters step 1 of its plan the week of june 4.
across the river in gatineau, however, the province’s months-long curfew ends on friday and restaurant patios will be allowed to open. on monday, gatineau and the outaouais are to end their red zone status and move to orange, meaning restaurant dining rooms and gyms will also be allowed to open.
latest covid-19 news in canada
a new poll reveals that more than half of canadians feel somewhat anxious about going back to the way life was before it was turned upside down by the covid-19 pandemic.
leger pollsters asked the question for a study done in collaboration with the association for canadian studies.
data show 1,647 canadians responded to a web survey from may 21 to 23, which cannot be assigned a margin of error because it was done online.
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respondents were asked whether returning to what life was like before the novel coronavirus was a source of anxiety for them, given how governments are announcing plans to reopen after more than a year of telling people to stay home.
the results show 52 per cent of those who responded reported feeling some level of anxiety, with those aged 18 to 24 showing the highest levels of unease at 68 per cent.
“maybe some of it is related to work, maybe some of it is related to, ‘when we actually go back to normal, will it be safe? will i feel comfortable around somebody not wearing a mask anymore?”‘ said christian bourque, executive vice-president of the polling and marketing research firm leger.
—with files from the canadian press
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