Out of the two new cases reported at 2:10 p.m., one case is in Haliburton County and the other is in the City of Kawartha Lakes. 

Mayor Andy Letham said he had approached the Emergency Operations Centre about making mask-wearing mandatory when he learned of the health unit's plan.

The new confirmed coronavirus case is in the City of Kawartha Lakes, which now has 84 cases, according to the local health unit.

Ross Memorial Hospital's new COVID-19 assessment model will have patients call first for a phone assessment before being referred to a testing centre or hospital.

Since April 1, the health unit has investigated nearly 300 animal bites and scratches.

The health unit recommends getting a flu vaccine.

A bat that bit a woman tested positive for rabies, according to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District health unit.

Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit says the three-year pilot project should be completed, not scrapped.

Area residents are being warned they may have been exposed to measles after a case was confirmed in the City of Kawartha Lakes.