As of 6:00 a.m. ET on Thursday June 18, 2020:
From Global News, Canada reported 99,836 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The official Province of Ontario website is reporting 32,774 total confirmed cases and 2,550 total deaths. Currently, there are 383 people are in hospital with 92 in ICU. 27,784 cases have been resolved. There are some really cool tracking charts in this article.
Quebec continues to have the highest reported cases in the country with 54,263.
The Region of Durham reported 1,647 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The site also reports 2 current outbreaks at Hospitals, LTCF's and Retirement Homes with 31 outbreaks having been "concluded." Currently, Clarington remains at 94 cases.
In international news,
Thousands of passengers are still flying into Australia – but if you’re planning to leave, the cost is high. Due to a dramatic reduction in flights, a limited number of airlines operating and airline bankruptcies – which could reduce both supply and competition – the cost of booking flights for an overseas trip is staggering. Minimum costs for a return trip from Sydney to New York in July start at $2814 on Etihad Airways, $2837 with Qatar Airways, or – your only other option – $3552 if you fly with Cathay Pacific Airways. The same trip, but taken in September with Qantas, could cost you $8055, with the airline announcing today they were cancelling international flights until late October.
The World Health Organization just removed hydroxychloroquine from the world-wide collaborative Solidarity Trial. The trial which Canada is involved in aims to find an effective COVID-19 treatment. According to a statement sent by the WHO, the trial’s Executive Group and principal investigators made the decision based on evidence from the Solidarity Trial, UK’s Recovery trial, and a Cochrane review of other evidence on hydroxychloroquine. I guess, the chinese government would not allow the WHO to endorse the treatment.
From the "uh-oh spaghetti-oh" file, a group of 16 friends all tested positive for coronavirus after a night out at a recently reopened Florida bar. The group had gathered for a friend's birthday, they said. The bar was crowded, and no one was wearing masks. Everyone in the group tested positive; and though some had flu like symptoms, none got seriously ill. Though Florida is continuing to reopen from coronavirus restrictions, the state recorded a record number of new cases on Monday, according to the Florida Department of Health.
As the race intensified for a vaccine against the new coronavirus, rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get immunized first, leaving significant questions about whether developing countries will get any vaccines in time to save lives before the pandemic ends.
In national news,
The federal government says camping will be allowed to slowly resume at a number of national parks and historic sites starting June 22. Over the coming weeks, Parks Canada will begin taking new reservations at some campgrounds. Not all parks will be allowing camping. You’re encouraged to check the Parks Canada website for updates, services available and reservation windows.
From the National Post and the "But we already new this" file, there's an easy way to find out if we're all pandemic-drinking. But who wants to know? COVID-19 subplots department: on Friday, Alberta’s public-health generalissimo, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, experienced a minor embarrassment that may conceal a larger one. In her daily pandemic press conference, the doctor warned that the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) had “reported sharp increases in the sales of wine, beer and liquor as well as cannabis since our public health measures (to confine COVID-19) were put in place.”
In Ontario,
Doctors and medical professionals in Ontario want the schools open in September, especially for the elementary group. The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has released a set of guidelines to help schools develop health and safety procedures ahead of a September reopening. “Not opening schools in September would continue to have a negative impact on the mental, behavioural and developmental health of children,” said Dr. Ronald Cohn, President and CEO of SickKids.
Visits to Long Term Care Facilities are set to resume today, with conditions. One of them being, visits must be outside. Retirement Home visiting conditions will be different and more relaxed.
As Ontario marked three months under a state of emergency Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford lauded the province’s work in combating the virus, while promising to hold accountable “bad actors” who left some long-term care homes vulnerable. “We pulled out every single stop to fight this virus, we used every tool at our disposal, we left nothing on the table. We had an army of 14 million people who went above and beyond,” Ford said.
From Windsor (the site of migrant worker outbreaks) the 'Stigma associated' with getting a test results in a low turnout for voluntary migrant worker COVID-19 testing. A testing centre that was set up for testing migrant workers in the Windsor area will be shutting down Thursday. The centre has been operation since June 9 at the Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre in Leamington in an effort to assess the effect of COVID-19 on the migrant worker community in the region. Since then more than 750 workers have been tested but Erie Shores HealthCare says decreasing demand in recent days means that the centre will no longer be needed. No big deal, like President Trump said "if we do no testing, we will not have any cases." Problem solved.
In local happenings,
COVID-19 wise, nothing. All quiet on the Durham Region front.
There are going to be plenty of smiles on patios in the Durham Region tomorrow. BUT, no singing or dancing. Which got me to thinking...can you clink another persons glass and say "Cheers?" Is that allowed?
Musing,
When did it become necessary to wear completely outlandish "clothing" while riding a 10-speed bike? Asking for a friend. Oh, and another thing, gentlemen. When you are packing an extra 60 to 100 pounds, and you are wearing those spandex shorts and the weird, tight shirts it ain't a good look. Just sayin.....
Today, is National Go Fishing Day.
Clarington Tourism Businesses and Attractions Directory can be found here.
CERB abuse reporting https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/bscs/l3adz/internet/initial.do?target=login&lang=en&program=qa">can be done here.
To book a COVID-19 test in Durham Region, click here.
Lakeridge Health Mental Health Clinic 905-440-7534 or toll free at 1-833-392-7363 (Monday-Friday 9am-4pm)
Live coronavirus map of Canada: Tracking every case of COVID-19 in the country.
Hunting/fishing related updates in Ontario can be found here.
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