Ontario’s seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases tops 4,000 for first time
Ontario is reporting more than 4,100 new COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths today as the province’s seven-day rolling average topped 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic.
The province logged 4,156 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, up from 3,670 a day ago.
Provincial health officials logged 4,401 cases on Monday, 4,456 on Sunday and 3,813 on Saturday.
Toronto hospitals close clinics, halt appointments due to COVID-19 vaccine shortages
Shortages of COVID-19 vaccines have forced two major Toronto health networks that serve some of the hardest-hit communities in the province to either ramp down or outright cancel appointments for shots.
The Scarborough Health Network (SHN) says it will be closing its Centennial College and Centenary hospital clinics Wednesday.
Dr. Lisa Salaman-Switzman, an emergency physician with SHN, said in a series of tweets the moves will result in the cancellation of about 10,000 appointments over the next several days.
AstraZeneca vaccine: Denmark ceases rollout completely
Denmark has ceased giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine amid concerns about rare cases of blood clots, the first European country to do so fully.
The move is expected to delay the country’s vaccination programme by several weeks.
