Ontario reports 1,184 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, highest count in 6 months
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Ontario reported another 1,184 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday — the highest daily case count in six months, and the third straight day of case counts topping 1,000.
Here are some other key pandemic indicators and figures from the Ministry of Health's daily provincial update:
Tests completed: 31,735.
Provincewide test positivity rate: 3.2 per cent.
Active cases: 8,115.
Patients in ICU with COVID-related illnesses: 164; 101 needed a ventilator to breathe.
Deaths: Zero, keeping the official toll at 10,024.
Vaccinations: 23,976,361 doses have been administered to date. Currently, 90.1 per cent of Ontarians aged 12 or older have had one dose, while 87.3 per cent have had two doses.
Thousands in Quebec's Montérégie region will not get their flu and COVID-19 vaccine directly at their seniors' residence anymore.
A 17-year-old boy is dead after he was shot by an RCMP officer in Norway House Cree Nation on Friday.
Saskatchewan road crews and residents alike are getting ready for another icy blast of winter this weekend.
Student leaders at the University of Alberta are criticizing the school's plan to hike tuition — particularly for international students.
Environment Canada says a new fall storm will bring winds gusting up to 110 km/h to southwestern British Columbia on Friday, potentially causing more outages and travel disruption.
Environment Canada says strong winds could cause damage to roofs and windows in P.E.I.'s Kings County and Prince County this weekend, with power outages possible from fallen tree branches.
City council has approved a 3.6 per cent increase in municipal property taxes for next year. The decision follows five days of debate on adjustments to next year's civic budget.
Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish has resigned from the Peel Police Service Board.
Public health in Yellowknife is reducing some services over the holiday season due to staffing shortages.
Two premiers are asking Ottawa to cover the provincial cost of the Trudeau government's promised tax holiday.
Former Alberta MLA Derek Fildebrandt fist-pumped from the prisoner's box as a Calgary judge acquitted him on all four counts of uttering threats to a group of 13- and 14-year-old boys whom he chased in a truck through his southwest neighbourhood last spring.