Hastings and Prince Edward counties remain in the yellow-zone today, even though cases continue to creep up across the region.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting that seven people have recovered from the virus.
There is one new case today, which brings the number of active cases to 48.
Public Health continues to monitor three outbreaks in the area, which have been linked to 15 cases.
Hastings Prince Edward District School Board has announced another case connected to a local school.
NOTICE: A person at Queen Elizabeth School has tested positive for COVID-19. No transmission is suspected within the school and it remains open for students and staff. Anyone not contacted by Public Health by end of today is considered low-risk and may continue going to school. pic.twitter.com/cJdCso1Ntj
— Hast. and Pr. Ed.DSB (@HPEschools) December 14, 2020
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge Health Unit has identified 15 new cases in Northumberland County.
There are a total of 47 active cases of the virus in the region.
A renewed sense of hope has arrived across the country as the first shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have landed.
Anita Quidangen, a PSW in Toronto, received the first shot in the province today.
Roughly 2,500 health-care workers in Ontario will be among the first to be offered the vaccine.
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