Friday Morning News – April 3

Weather – Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High 11. Wind chill minus 8 this morning. UV index 5 or moderate.
Tonight – Clear. Increasing cloudiness after midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 1. Wind chill near minus 5.

 

Statistics (midnight April 2) –

Country,	Total	New	Total	New	Total	Active	Serious,	Tot Cases/	Deaths/
Other	Cases	Cases	Deaths	Deaths	Recovered	Cases	Critical	1M pop	1M pop
Canada	11,283	11,552	173	59	1,979	9,131	120	299	5
USA	244,877	29,874	6,070	968	10,403	228,404	5,421	740	18
Total:	1,015,065	76,,869	53,167	5,975	212,018	749,880	37,698	130.2	6.8

Statistics from Algoma Public Health (April 2 at 2:30 p.m.)

Algoma regions where residents have tested positive for COVID-19 include the following:

• Sault Ste. Marie & Area
• Central & East Algoma

Tested	405
Positive	6
Negative	224
Pending	176

 

Case Number	Age, Gender	Date Tested
Case #6	50s, male	March 28, 2020
Case #5	20s, male	March 23, 2020
Case #4	60s, female	March 26, 2020
Case #3	60s, male	March 25, 2020
Case #2	40s, female	March 24, 2020
Case #1	50s, female	March 16, 2020
Updated: April 2,2020 (2:30 p.m.)

News Tidbits –

(in order to prioritize your news watching, and perhaps reduce some stress)

11:15 a.m.	The Prime Minister will address Canadians on the COVID-19 situation
1:30 p.m.	Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, and Rod Phillips, Minister of Finance, to make an announcement.

ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND  – The documentary will receive its world television premiere on Crave’s TV channel, tonight, Friday, April 10 at 7 p.m. ET. The film blends rare archival footage and interviews with many of Robbie Robertson’s friends and collaborators, including Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Martin Scorsese, Taj Mahal, Peter Gabriel, David Geffen, and Ronnie Hawkins, among others.