The Quebec government has declared Gatineau and neighboring Ottawa Hills RCN the highest restrictive category of the province’s color-coded COVID-19 system.
Bars, restaurants and entertainment venues were to be closed from midnight on Saturday, takeaway and delivery facilities would be allowed.
The Canadian History Museum announced Saturday afternoon that it will be the last Sunday until further notice.
Under red zone designations, there may be no cross-home visits, with the exception of caregivers, such as home care, safety or non-public care, or for maintenance work.
People who live alone can only get one visitor outdoors, however, it will have to be the same person.
Private and public meetings are prohibited, for places of worship and funerals, where up to 25 more people can attend. Organizers must keep guest records.
Residents of red areas are requested to make non-essential trips to regions or other regions of Quebec. Other sections of Outaouais remain in the less restrictive category of the orange area of the province.
Other municipalities affected by Saturday’s announcement are: Cantley, Chelsea, L’Ange-Gardien, La Péche, Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Pontiac and Val-des-Monts.
Saturday’s announcement made no express mention of interprovincial between the Outaouais region and Ottawa.
Companies and maximum retail outlets may remain open, but with strict COVID-19 measures in place.
Other regulations for schools and sports facilities will take effect until Thursday, the Quebec Ministry of Health said.
Click here to see the list of red zones in Quebec
Quebec Health reported 53 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday, the highest moment overall since the start of the pandemic. The region reported 66 new cases last Monday.
There were a total of 1,745 and 34 deaths in the region.
Local MP and the region’s guilty provincial minister, Mathieu Lacombe, tweeted that the citizens of Ottawa deserve that the designation of the red zone is not a defeat.
“It’s more of an additional tool we’re giving ourselves to help us defeat this damn virus. Don’t give up, we’re going to get there!” wrote Lacombe in French.
I know we’ve all made every effort to #G Gatineau and #Outaouais not get to this point It’s not a defeat, rather it’s one more tool we give ourselves to defeat this damn virus. , we’re going to make it!?? #polgat #polqc https://t. co/r4v7sqtQT7
Gatineau’s mayor, Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, tweeted that city officials were gathering to discuss long-term measures.
Public Fitness Decision: Gatineau goes to the red zone. Municipal groups are lately analyzing the measures to take for our teams, announcements to come. Details to perceive what is allowed or in the red zone here ? https: // t. co / DF3VO3vSiH pic. twitter. com/eJo58edhN4
Meanwhile, Ontario’s Prime Minister Doug Ford has asked the citizens of his province to “make adjustments” to their Thanksgiving traditions, with small gatherings “for our homes. “
The province also asks others to stay in the house and restrict the outside of the house, unless it is for paintings or school, groceries or medications, medical appointments or exercise.
“We can’t let our guard down as our province takes all the mandatory steps to involve a momentary wave of COVID-19, adding more specific public fitness measures for Ottawa, Peel and Toronto from an 28-day era,” Ford said in a statement. statement. ” The severity of this wave depends on us all following public fitness measures to prevent spread. “
Ontario reported 809 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday when the province imposed serious new restrictions on several hot spots, Ottawa, in reaction to an “alarming” outbreak of infections.
Toronto registered 358 new instances, while there were 123 new instances in the peel region and 94 new instances in Ottawa.
On Friday, the province returned these 3 Phase 3 public fitness workplace regions to the modified Phase 2 restrictions, which took effect on Saturday and will be in effect for at least 28 days.
The York region is reporting 76 new cases.
The 4 regions have 651 of the 809 new cases in the province.
There are currently 58,490 laboratory-confirmed in the province, of which 49,732 have been resolved.
Seven other people died of coronavirus in the last 24-hour reference period, according to provincial knowledge published on Saturday.
There have already been 3,004 deaths in the province attributed to the virus.
According to the most recent knowledge of Ottawa Public Health, despite the increase in new cases, the number of active cases in the city has decreased in recent days.
There were 94 new confirmed instances per lab during the last 24 hour reporting period, but active instances decreased from 936 to 847.
There are currently 5,373 laboratory-confirmed in the city, of which 4,229 have been resolved.
The largest number of active instances are among others over the age of 20 to 29, according to PAHO data.
Of the 847 active in the city, 235 are in the age group of 20 to 29 years.
There are 108 in people 30 to 39 years old, 119 in people from 40 to 49 years old, 126 in those of 60 and over, and 158 in those of 19 and under.
In Kingston, a child under the age of 10, one of the 4 new ones, showed cases of COVID-19 that were inflamed in a close contact incident.
A fifth unrelated case was also reported.
Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health reported that since March 164 have been shown in the territory, 17 of which are still active.
Quebec
For the sixth time in seven days, Quebec reported more than 1,000 new instances of COVID-19 on Saturday.
There were 1,097 new cases of COVID-19, such as 3 new pandemic-like deaths.
Hospitalizations increased from 11 to 444, and six others are under intensive care, for a total of 73. Quebec has now reported a total of 85,191 cases and 5,950 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
In Ottawa, 53 new cases were reported, the total in one day from the 66 reported cases on Monday, and the death toll in the region remains unchanged at 34.
The Ottawa Regional Health Authority showed that there had been an outbreak at the COVID-19 shelter of the homeless agency within the Robert Guertin Arena. At least one visitor tested positive and there was close contact with other people somewhere else.
The agency, known by the French acronym CISSSO, tries to insinuate contacts, this is difficult for the homeless.
National
Canada reported a total of 178,711 cases of covid-19 on Saturday morning, with 9,585 deaths. There were an average of 71,000 tests conducted in Canada, with 2. 5 consistent with the percentage of those that tested positive.
In a statement, Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Director of Public Health, noted that infections are in the back at physical care facilities.
“We are seeing conversion trends in the spread of COVID-19 in Canada over time. For example, while the number of instances was in the organization for 20 to 39 years during the summer, we are now seeing an increasing number of instances in older organizations, where the threat of more serious results is greater,” Tam wrote.
“An increasing number of outbreaks in long-term care services and retirement services have also been reported in recent weeks. Although these outbreaks involve fewer cases than in April and May, we know that the spread in these services leads to deaths.
“We will have to do everything we can to prevent them from the advent and spread of the virus in those contexts. “
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