Tuesday Morning News – March 31

Weather – Mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High plus 3. Wind chill minus 7 this morning. UV index 5 or moderate.
Tonight – Mainly cloudy. Low minus 1.

Statistics (midnight March 30)

Country	Total	New	Total	New	Total	Active	Serious,	Tot Cases/	Deaths/	Reported
	Cases	Cases	Deaths	Deaths	Recovered	Cases	Critical	1M pop	1M pop	1st case
Canada	7,448	1,128	89	24	1,093	6,266	120	197	2	24-Jan
USA	163,844	20,353	3,156	573	5,506	155,182	3,512	495	10	Jan 20
World Total:	784,715	61,325	37,783	3,718	164,783	582,149	29,706	100.7	4.8

News Tidbits – ( in order to prioritize your news watching, and perhaps reduce some stress) Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities, and Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, to make an announcement at 1 p.m. at Queen’s Park in Toronto. At Noon the Deputy Prime Minister will join ministers and Government of Canada officials to provide an update on COVID-19.

John’s ValuMart is asking that shoppers not bring their recyclable bags in to bag their groceries. This is a protective measure for staff.