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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.

Ontario reports 3,670 new COVID-19 cases; 15 more deaths

Ontario reported 3,670 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, as fewer tests were processed, sending positivity to its highest point in a year.

The province also reported 15 additional deaths, brining the confirmed death toll to 7,582.

Ontario reported 4,401 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and a record of 4,456 on Sunday.

Leger Poll: More than two-thirds of Canadians think that sports stadiums (79%), movie theatres and show venues (73%) and sports facilities and gyms (69%) should be closed where they live.

US will temporarily halt use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine

Federal health agencies will temporarily stop using Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine after six women developed blood clots, including one who died, according to officials and a new report Tuesday.

Even CNN is picking on Canada thanks to lamer Trudeau

Canada’s vaccine shortage: Covid-19 cases per capita pass U.S. rate as doctors plead for more vaccines @paulanewtonCNN reports pic.twitter.com/IbGok749Ep

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 12, 2021

Vaccination Smile…

My Jab update: – Got Pfizered yesterday. Shoulder is a bit tender, I feel a little feverish like when a cold or flu is coming on, homicidal thoughts, new appendages awkwardly situated but potentially advantageous nonetheless.

There is such a thing as a COVID Misery Index, developed by the brains at the non-partisan Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI), a think-tank that does the hard slog for those of us with lesser IQs.

Its latest index update, though, should surprise no one. The MLI has determined that “slow vaccinations have led to Canada’s excess death rate surging past the United States.”

This comes as COVID-sick passengers continue to pour into B.C. and Canada

More than 100 passengers arriving at Vancouver International Airport have refused to quarantine at a government-authorized hotel since the “mandatory” three-day quarantine was introduced on Feb. 22.

This comes as the B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported 23 flights either departing or arriving at Vancouver International Airport with a COVID-sick passenger on board since the start of April.