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New COVID-19 cases surge in Ottawa amid massive jump provincewide
There are almost 500 new COVID-19 cases in Ontario. Hospitalizations remain relatively low at 128 patients, up from 112, with about two-thirds of people testing positive in recent weeks under the age of 40. The last surge of this significance was on May 2, when 511 new cases were confirmed in the province. Meanwhile, several regions are reporting fewer than five new cases with some reporting n... [Full Article...]
Sen. Dick Durbin discusses Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination
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She has been chosen to replace the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg but awaits Senate confirmation. Democrats and women's rights advocates fear Judge Barrett, a socially conservative jurist, could play a decisive role in any ruling overturning the 1973 judgment to legalise abortion, known as Roe v Wade. [Full Article...]
Health officials stress flu shots to avoid overwhelming hospitals
It was conducted in August and included almost 2,000 responses from parents of children between 2 and 18 years of age. Although health officials encourage people to get vaccinated every year, this flu season is especially important because of the pandemic, said Julie Pryde, administrator at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. [Full Article...]
Two Toronto restaurants linked with 10 COVID-19 cases
According to TPH, about 600 people may have visited during that span. Seven people - five employees and two patrons - linked to the Yonge Street Warehouse at 336 Yonge St. "If you were at the Yonge Street Warehouse between September 10 to 17 but have not been contacted by TPH, you are not identified as a close contact", read a statement released on Saturday. [Full Article...]
Is NYC going back into quarantine? The latest COVID-19 news
The COVID infection rate in Gravesend/Homecrest is 6.75%, up from 6% last week; 5.34% in Midwood, up from 4.95%; and 4.41% in Borough Park, up from 3.53%, according to the Health Department. 'For the first time in the city's recovery period, there could be the immediate scaling back of activities in these ZIP codes if progress is not made by next Monday evening, ' a statement from the Department r... [Full Article...]
Supreme Court battle pivots to future of Obamacare
Despite Cruz's warning, Booker suggested on NBC's "Meet the Press" that Barrett, if confirmed prior to Election Day, should not have a say in any election-related case. Later on Saturday evening, he drew cheers from supporters at a campaign rally in Middletown, Pennsylvania, when he called Mrs Barrett "an extraordinary scholar" who would defend their "God-given rights and freedoms". [Full Article...]
Minnesota reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases
The stated goals of the survey included understanding how COVID-19 has spread in Minnesota communities, what caused COVID-19 to spread in survey areas, to explore how transmission and infection rates differ regionally, to identify the percentage of infected people who have no symptoms, and to improve health messaging. [Full Article...]
430 new Covid-19 cases confirmed, no new deaths
Addison has had 1,271 confirmed cases, Naperville 1,271, Carol Stream 916 and West Chicago 1,152. Sunday's 12 new cases included three people in their 20s, a male between the ages of 10-19 and two girls between the ages of 0-9, the data show. [Full Article...]