Thursday October 28, 2021

Coronavirus Update – 28 October 2021

Data is from this morning, comparisons are with yesteday

ONTARIO

caseschangedeaths
598,840? 4099,865 ? 3
? Eligible people with one dose88% 
? Eligible people fully vaccinated84.1%


Ontario COVID Page    Ontario Vaccine Rates 

QUEBEC

caseschangedeaths
423,813?47811,485 ?4
? Eligible people with one dose90.3%
? Eligible people fully vaccinated86.3%


Quebec COVID Page     Quebec Vaccine Rates



OTTAWA

cases changedeaths
30,757?17

603 ?0

? Eligible people with one dose

830,811 (90%)
? Eligible people fully vaccinated795,138 (86%)


Ottawa Public Health     Ottawa Vaccination Rates.    Ottawa Wastewater 

OUTAOUAIS

caseschangedeaths
14,241?9223 ?1
? Number of doses of vaccine 600,023


As of October 20, 2021 Updated Weekly

? Eligible people with one dose 86.8%
? Eligible people fully vaccinated83.1%


Outaouais Public Health    Quebec Vaccination Rates

EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT

caseschangedeaths
5791?2125 ?2
? Eligible people with one dose166,242 (90.9%)
? Eligible people fully vaccinated158,330 (86.5%)


Eastern Ontario Health Unit  Eastern Ontario Health Unit Vaccination Rates


COVID-19 NEWS

⭕ Ontario has removed restrictions on public events like Remembrance Day ceremonies or Santa Claus parades [Ottawa Citizen]

⭕ The new Treasury Board president, Ottawa-Vanier MP Mona Fortier, supports mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for Federal civil servants. The deadline for proof of vaccination by civil servents is tomorrow. [CBC]

⭕ A paramedic service employee has been charged with fraud after submitting a fake COVID-19 vaccination certificate. [CBC]

⭕ The Hawthorne Meadows/Sheffield Glen neighbourhood has the lowest one-dose vaccination rate, at 73.8 per cent. Stittsville has the City's highest, at 94.8 per cent, probably because Quitter's won't let them in without it. [Ottawa Citizen]

⭕ Ottawa Police say that they had conversations with Ottawa Public Health before declining to require all officers be vaccinated. Ottawa Public Health says they did have the conversation, and recommended mandatory vaccination. [CTV]

+ Related Senior officer says fear of a lack of staff is reason for not requiring mandatory vaccinations

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