Ontario COVID

• COVID-19: Trudeau pushes back on border closures after Ontario Progressive Conservative ad

  Trudeau made the comment in response to an ad issued by Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party, which accuses him of failing to appropriately restrict travel into the province.

  Health

  May 7
• Ontario reports 3,166 new COVID-19 cases but says possible underreporting due to technical issue

  "Due to a technical issue with the laboratory data feed, [Friday's] case count may be underreported for the Central East, Central West and Toronto regions," Ontario said.

  Health

  May 7
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• Woodbine Racetrack opens pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic to all Toronto hot spot residents

  The clinic is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (or until supply runs out) on Thursday and Friday for all those who live and work in Toronto hot spot communities.

  Health

  May 6
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• Ornge transferred 1,125 COVID-19 patients in ICUs across Ontario in April

  April’s transfers were significantly higher than January, February and March which saw around 200-250 patients being transferred each month.

  Health

  May 6
• Groups urge Ontario government to give health-care workers 2nd COVID-19 vaccine dose

  The group representing the health-care workers say the government needs to ensure the employees get second doses soon because they remain at risk.

  Health

  May 6
• Ontario reports more than 3,400 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths

  Ontario administered a one-day high of 141,038 vaccines in the last day. More than 5.7 million doses have been done so far.

  Health

  May 6
• More groups eligible to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Ontario

  People aged 50 and older across Ontario are among a number of new groups who can book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment starting Thursday.

  Health

  May 6
• Ontario reports just under 3,000 new COVID-19 cases, 44 deaths

  According to Wednesday's report, 924 cases were recorded in Toronto, 565 in Peel Region, 254 in York Region, 171 in Durham Region, and 149 in Hamilton.

  Health

  May 5
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• 65% of those 18+ in Ontario expected to have 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose by end of May: officials

  Officials provided an update on the province's vaccine rollout Wednesday, and said 43 per cent of all adults have already received at least one shot. 

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  May 5
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• Court tosses Ontario vaccine rollout discrimination lawsuit over jurisdiction

  The Divisional Court says it has no jurisdiction to hear the constitutional challenge. At the same time, the court says the lawsuit does have some merit.

  Canada

  May 5