ontario reports 184 new covid cases, health canada issues az warning
health canada is recommending people with a history of capillary leak syndrome should not get the astrazeneca vaccine.
jun 30 2021
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by: aedan helmer
ontario is reporting 184 new laboratory-confirmed covid-19 cases wednesday, the lowest daily tally since sept. 9, when 170 cases were recorded before the pandemic’s second and third waves hit the province.
there were 14 deaths reported in the province. there have now been 544,897 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic and 9,168 deaths. another 322 cases were resolved in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases considered resolved 533,472 are now considered resolved.
ontario conducted 27,258 tests yesterday with a 1.0 per cent positivity rate, another key indicator that has been in steady decline.
ontario’s hospitalization rates are not declining at a similar pace however.
there are 251 patients in hospital and another 271 in intensive care, with 181 who require a ventilator.
those figures have remained relatively constant this week while other indicators show signs the pandemic is receding.
ontario administered 268,397 vaccine doses on tuesday, which is about 3,000 more doses than had been administered the previous day.
there have now been 14,741,138 vaccine doses administered in ontario, and 4,808,170 are now fully immunized with both doses.
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those numbers are expected to steadily climb after the province accelerated vaccine eligibility this week, and the provincial vaccine booking hotline has been busy.
ottawa is reporting 11 new covid-19 cases wednesday, according to provincial data. ottawa public health releases updated local data each afternoon.
there is only one other confirmed case in surrounding regions in hastings. the eastern ontario region reported no new cases, and there were no new cases in leeds, grenville and lanark.
kingston and renfrew county each recorded a net subtraction of one case from its database.
there are still “hot spots” in the province where officials say the highly-communicable delta variant is driving community spread. there are 46 new cases in waterloo — the largest increase in the province — and 19 in the grey-bruce area, which have both been identified as regions where the delta variant is the dominant strain.
there were 17 cases in toronto, 17 in hamilton and 16 in peel region wednesday.
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meanwhile, health canada is recommending people with a history of capillary leak syndrome should not get the astrazeneca vaccine.
anyone experiencing symptoms — rapid swelling of the arms and legs and sudden weight gain, which can be accompanied by feeling faint — should seek prompt medical attention, health canada said.
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health canada updated its labelling after international reports of the rare side effect were reviewed in europe.
according to health canada, of the 78 million doses of the astrazeneca and covishield vaccines that have been administered in europe and the united kingdom as of may 27, six cases of capillary leak syndrome were reported following immunization.
the astrazeneca vaccine has already been associated with rare blood clots, and health canada is reminding anyone who received the astrazeneca vaccine to seek prompt medical attention if they experience any symptoms that could be thrombosis with thrombocytopenia following vaccination.
the label has also been updated with information about “very rare events of blood clots associated with low levels of platelets following immunization,” health canada said.
minor and temporary adverse events, such as headache, fever, fatigue or pain at the injection site are common after all vaccinations, health canada said, and people should seek medical attention if they experience any new or worsening symptoms.
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