The AHS Covid-19 report for Wednesday January 20, 2021 is as follows.
Firstly, Alberta had a slight increase in new cases reported today with 669. There were also 996 recoveries so it’s good to see the recoveries still surpassing the new cases!
In the Central Zone, 48 new cases and 148...
There is no sign COVID-19 restrictions will be eased in Alberta, even as the province reaches two weeks on an extension of regulations it put in place before the holidays.
When Premier Jason Kenney announced the rules prohibiting all indoor social gatherings and mandating masks in indoor public spaces would...
The Ontario government is working with transportation agencies and providers to support the Stay-At-Home Order and help stop the spread of COVID-19. Using tools like provincial network signs and transit communications systems, the province is reminding drivers and transit passengers, such as GO Transit, Ontario Northland, intercommunity buses and...
Canada’s Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that a major Toronto Hospital could not withdraw life-support from a minimally conscious and severely brain-damaged man without his family’s consent.
Now, in another sign of these extraordinary times, the Ontario government is being asked to temporarily suspend the law requiring doctors get consent...
The Ford government says the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations has now been completed in long-term-care homes in seven regions across the province.
That list includes Toronto, Peel, York and Windsor-Essex, the four regions with the highest COVID-19 transmission rates, as well as Ottawa, Durham Region and Simcoe Muskoka.
“This is...
The COVID-19 outbreak at a nursing home in Kirkland Lake has officially ended, the Timiskaming Health Unit announced this week.
The province requires an outbreak be declared when a single case is confirmed in a resident or staff member. An outbreak is declared over when there are no new cases...
Ontario reported another 2,632 cases of COVID-19 and 46 more deaths of people with the illness on Thursday.
According to the Ministry of Health, the total case count in today's provincial update included 102 infections in Toronto that were previously unreported due to a technical issue.
The new cases include 897...
Quebec public health has announced less than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day.
The Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux has added 1,624 cases, increasing the provincial total to 248,860 since the pandemic began last March.
Health officials have also added 66 new deaths to the...
Quebec could change its vaccine strategy based on new data out of Israel about the efficacy of the first dose, on its own, of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, says a top adviser in the province.
Israel just provided the world with its first large-scale, real-world hint of how effective the...
