COVID-19

• COVID-19: MLHU reports 2 deaths, LHSC says 22 COVID-19 patients in ICU

  LHSC is caring for 145 COVID-19 inpatients, with 22 inpatients in adult critical care. There are currently no cases in Children's Hospital.

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• Nova Scotia reports another COVID-19 death, estimates 4,316 active cases

  There have been six discharges from COVID-19 units in hospitals and 88 patients remain. There are 15 people in intensive care with the virus.

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• COVID-19: HKPR reports 24 in hospital, 4 resolved outbreaks

  The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reported another 89 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 to surpass 6,000 cumulative cases.

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• BA.2 in Canada: Tam says officials are watching new Omicron subvariant ‘very closely’

  Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday more than 100 cases of BA.2 have been detected in the country so far since November.

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• Ontario reports over 1,000 deaths from COVID in January; top doc points to Delta

  Dr. Kieran Moore said officials are trying to ascertain what factors are causing so many Ontarians to die, including whether Delta or Omicron or a combination of the two.

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• Skip Tracy Fleury enters COVID-19 protocol, will miss start of Tournament of Hearts

  Skip Tracy Fleury will sit out the start of the Canadian women's curling championship in COVID-19 protocol.

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• COVID-19: Guelph’s top doc ending work-from-home order

  Dr. Nicola Mercer said the decision to lift her work-from-home order aligns Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph with the easing of the restrictions that will take effect on Monday.

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• Trucker convoy leaves Kingston heading for weekend rally in Ottawa

  Kingston police announced on Twitter that the last vehicles in the convoy had departed the city around 9:30 a.m. Friday.

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• COVID-19: Quebec reports 48 more deaths as hospitalizations continue to drop

  Pandemic-related hospitalizations decreased by 62 over the previous day with 287 new patients admitted and 349 discharged for a total of 3,091.

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• Manitoba’s current public health orders to be extended one week

  The current orders were to expire early next week, but they will be extended one week to Feb. 8.

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