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Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Online Bulletin for Municipal Partners

April 13, 2021

To ensure everyone has current information, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health will be providing regular COVID-19 updates.

For more information please review our website or call 613-966-5500 or 1-800-267-2803.

Updates

Epidemiological

• Hastings and Prince Edward Counties have748 cumulative lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 160 active, 581 resolved and 7 deceased. There were 21 new cases reported today.
  • There is one local long-term care facility experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak; additional outbreak details can be found online.
  • More information is available on our website hpePublicHealth.ca
• VOCs: 153
• Vaccines administered to date:  43,318
• Fully vaccinated individuals to date:  3,224
• Overall regional weekly case counts were again higher than the previous week, with increases for KFLAPH and LGLDHU and to a lesser extent for HPEPH. There were 364 new cases reported across the region in the last 7 days up to Sunday, April 11 (up 127 from the previous week):

  • 124 from HPEPH (up 7 from the previous week, rate of 73.6/100,000)

  • 118 from KFLAPH (up 61, 55.5/100,000)

  • 122 from LGLDHU (up 59, 63.5/100,000)

• In Canada, as at April 12, 2021, there are 1,071,016 total cases of COVID-19 with 75,135 active cases and 972,525 recovered. To date, there have been 23,356 COVID-19 related deaths and more than 29,142,269 individuals tested.

Summary of cases of COVID-19: Ontario, January 15, 2020 to April 12, 2021

Summary of Cases in Ontario Schools - Updated April 13, 2021.

Local Updates

Upcoming Vaccincation Clinics - 60+ years of age - All April clinics are FULL.

Loyalist College - Belleville - 9 am to 4 pm - 60+ age group

• Wednesday, April 14
• Thursday, April 15
• Friday, April 16
• Saturday, April 17
• Monday, April 19
• Tuesday, April 20 (12 - 7 pm)

Prince Edward Community Centre - Picton - 9:30 am to 3:30 pm - 60+ age group

• Thursday, April 15
• Monday, April 19

Madoc Township Hall - Eldorado - 9:30 am to 3:30 pm - 60+ age group

• Wednesday, April 21

Duncan McDonald Memorial Community Centre - Trenton - 9 am to 4 pm - 60+ age group

• Wednesday, April 14
• Thursday, April 15  (12 - 7 pm)
• Friday, April 16
• Monday, April 19
• Tuesday, April 20

Bancroft Legion - Bancroft - 10 am - 3 pm - 60+ age group

• Friday, April 16
• Tuesday, April 20

Local pharmacies providing AstraZeneca to Ages 55 and older

• North Hastings Family Pharmacy - 217 Hastings St. N, Bancroft
• Shoppers Drug Mart - 118 Hastings Street N, Bancroft
• Kelly's Pharmacy - 411 Bridge Street, Belleville
• Rexall - 173 Dundas St. E, Belleville
• Shoppers Drug Mart - 150 Sidney Street, Belleville
• Shoppers Drug Mart - 405 Dundas Street E, Belleville
• Shoppers Drug Mart - 390 Front Street N, Belleville
• Pharma Plus - 97 Main Street, Picton
• Stirling Pharmacy - 9 Tuftsville Road, Stirling
• Metro Pharmacy - 53 Quinte Street, Trenton
• Rexall - 109 Dundas St. E - Trenton
• Wal-Mart Pharmacy - 470 Second Dughill Road, Trenton

Provincial

Quick Summary of Provincial Developments:

• Ontario Enacts Provincial Emergency and Stay-at-Home Order

Ontario's COVID-19 vaccination strategy targets high-risk neighbourhoods

• To slow the spread of the virus and protect communities with the highest rates of transmission, Ontario is rolling out vaccines to "hot spot" regions across the province as part of Phase Two of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan.  Through this initiative, 114 highly impacted neighbourhoods, as identified by postal code, will be reached through mass immunization clinics, mobile teams and pop-up clinics.
• Ontario is also working with public health units, business groups and large employers to explore employer-operated onsite vaccination clinics, with a focus on hot spot communities at greatest risk.  These clinics will be set up, operated and funded by participating employers within hot spot areas and will vaccinate employees aged 18 and over as well as members of the local and neighbouring communities.  This capacity will supplement publicly-run vaccination clinics.

Ontario moves schools to remote learning following Spring Break

• The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, has made the difficult decision to move elementary and secondary schools to remove learning following the April break.  This move has been made in response to the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, the increasing risks posed to the public by COVID-19 variants, adn the massive spike in hospital admissions.  
• Child care for non-school aged children will remain open, before and after school programs will be closed and free emergency child care for the school-aged children of eligible heatlh care and frontline workers will be provided.  To protect the most vulnerable, boards will make provisions for continued in-person support for students with special education needs who require additional support that cannot be accommodated through remote learning.

Ontario expands COVID-19 vaccination locations to more pharmacies

• The Ontario government is rapidly increasing capacity in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout with the addition of over 700 pharmacies across the province.  These locations will start offering the AstraZeneca vaccine to individuals aged 55 and older throughout this week.
• This expansion will bring the total number of pharmacies offering the vaccine to over 1,400 locations and this number is expected to reach approximately 1,500 by the end of April.  To find the location of a pharmacy offering vaccinations please visit: covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations.

Ontario supporting health system response during third wave of COVID-19

•  In response to the recent and rapid rise in hospitlizations, ICU admissions and the threat to the province's critical care capacity, the Ontario government is issuing two emergency orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA). 
• These temporary emergency orders will support the redeployment of health care professionals and other workers currently working in Ontario Health and Home and Community Care Support Services organizations to hospitals.  They will also provide hospitals with the flexibility to transfer patients to alternate hospital sites in situations where a hospital's resources are at significant and immediate risk of becoming overwhelmed.  These orders, along with additional measures being taken, are expected to increase ICU capacity in the province by up to 1,000 patient beds.

Provincial Booking System for COVID-19 Vaccine

Individuals who will be turning 60 or older (effective April 7) and wish to make an appointment — or an individual trusted to make an appointment on their behalf — can visit Ontario.ca/bookvaccine.  Ontario Provincial Booking System for COVID-19 Vaccines Information:

• For individuals who do not have internet access, they can call the Provincial Booking Line at
  1-833-943-3900, open Monday to Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• When booking an appointment, individuals will be asked for information from their green Ontario health card, birth date, postal code and email address and/or phone number. At the time of booking, eligible individuals will schedule their first and second vaccination appointments.
• Individuals who still have a red and white health card, or who require assistance with booking, can call the Provincial Vaccine Information Line number at 1-888-999-6488.

Federal

Quick Summary of Federal Developments:

Federal government extends support for long-term care and retirement homes in Ontario

• The Government of Canada is extending the support of the Canadian Red Cross in select long-term care and retirement homes in Ontario.  This support was originally scheduled to conclude in March 2021, but will now continue until September 30, 2021.

From Stats Canada - Next Census of Population will take place in May 2021

• In order to ensure that we count every Canadian, starting on April 14 Stats Can will be contacting every collective dwelling administrator to provide us with information about their facility, as well as the address and number of occupants of the private dwellings that are attached to the collective dwelling, if applicable.
• Information collected through the census will provide decision-makers with data needed to forecast funding requirements and plan for services such as schools, public transportation, hospitals, residences for seniors, shelters and corrections facilities.

HPEPH

• Vaccination Update: Priority Groups Pre-Registration Available on Website

Useful Links

• HPEPH COVID-19 General Information
• HPEPH COVID-19 Information for Health Care Providers
• How Ontario is responding to COVID-19
• Public Health Ontario Coronavirus Disease
• Canada Coronavirus disease

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