COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening the week of Oct. 31

Restaurant dining rooms have struggled in the pandemic while takeout boomed, and now operators are trying to figure out what the future will bring.

When P.E.I. tabled its first budget of the pandemic in the spring of 2020 it predicted a record deficit, but it turned out to be a small one.

While there have only been two hospitalizations for COVID-19 on P.E.I., moving staff to pandemic duties has created problems for the health care system, including a 'dangerous' overcrowding of the emergency department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and the closing of 42 long-term care beds.

P.E.I. Auditor General Darren Noonan doesn't expect to find further issues with provincial COVID-19 spending, but he will keep looking.

P.E.I. currently has two active cases and has seen a total of 317.

The P.E.I. Vax Pass is now required at a number of businesses and events. Here's a look at how to get the pass, and how it works.

Here's a list of where you need to show proof of vaccination on P.E.I.

And, here's a look at how the vax pass can protect you.

The symptoms of COVID-19 can include: