Morning News – February 19th

Feb 19, 2022 at 07:56

Weather: Winter weather travel advisory

• Today – A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of flurries early this morning. Wind north 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming west 20 gusting to 40 this afternoon. High minus 14. Wind chill minus 33 this morning and minus 21 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 2 or low.
• Tonight – Cloudy. Light snow beginning this evening then changing to snow at times heavy and local blowing snow near midnight. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind southwest 40 km/h gusting to 70. Temperature rising to minus 10 by morning. Wind chill minus 29 this evening and minus 20 overnight. Risk of frostbite.

COVID-19 Stats in Algoma (February 18, 3:00 p.m.)

	Current	Previous	Change from previous report
Confirmed cases	4,675	4,605	70
Active cases	620(1)	593(1)	27
Currently hospitalized	12	16	-4
Resolved	4,055	4,012	43
Deceased	28	28	0
Tested	235,206	234,756	450
Close contact of a confirmed case	1,501	1,485	16
Outbreak related	582	560	22
Under Investigation	73	70	3
Unknown Source of Infection	2,519	2,490	29	Evidence of Community Spread	Recent Cases
Central & East Algoma	478	472	6	Yes	Yes
Elliot Lake & Area	168	167	1	Yes	Yes
North Algoma	172	167	5	Yes	Yes
Sault Ste. Marie & Area	3,857	3,799	58	Yes	Yes

News Tidbits:

• CBC’s The Debaters pits two comics against each other. Today’s show features Pete Zedlacher vs Sean Cullen with the debate “Should The Canada Goose Be Canada’s National Bird?” This episode premieres on CBC Radio One Friday February 18th at 11:30 a.m. and encores Saturday the 19th at 1:30 p.m.