Tuesday Morning News – April 14

Weather – Mainly cloudy. Flurries beginning this morning. Risk of snow squalls late this morning and this afternoon. Local amount 5 cm. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High minus 2. Wind chill minus 16 this morning and minus 8 this afternoon. UV index 2 or low.
Tonight – Flurries ending late this evening then mainly cloudy. Risk of snow squalls early this evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 11. Wind chill minus 9 this evening and minus 14 overnight.

 

Statistics

Country,	Total	New	Total	New
Other	Cases	Cases	Deaths	Deaths
Canada	25,680	2,397	780	63
USA	587,173	26,641	23,641	1,535
Total:	1,937,268	120,600	119,618

 

Statistics from Algoma Public Health (April 13, 2020 (11:30 a.m.)

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

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

Tested	895
Positive	10
Negative	741
Pending	144

 

Details of confirmed cases

Case #	Age, Gender	Exposure category	Status	Tested	Reported to Public
Case #10	60s, male	Close contact and International travel	Self-isolating	April 3, 2020	April 9, 2020
Case #9	40s, female	Close contact and International travel	Self-isolating	April 3, 2020	April 6, 2020
Case #8	20s, female	Close contact	Self-isolating	April 2, 2020	April 4, 2020
Case #7	70s, female	International travel	Self-isolating	March 31, 2020	April 3, 2020
Case #6	50s, male	Close contact	Self-isolating	March 28, 2020	April 2, 2020
Case #5*	20’w, male	International travel (Mexico)	Self-isolating	March 23, 2020	March 30, 2020
Case #4	60s, female	International travel (Florida)	Self-isolating	March 26, 2020	March 29, 2020
Case #3	60s, male	Travel to S. Ont Health Care Facility	admitted	March 25, 2020	March 29, 2020
Case #2	40s, female	International travel (Michigan)	Self-isolating	March 24, 2020	March 28, 2020
Case #1	50s, female	International travel (Michigan)	Self-isolating	March 16, 2020	March 17, 2020

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 p.m.	Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, to make an announcement.

News Tidbits –

A Winter Weather Travel Advisory in effect for today. Environment Canada warns that lake effect snow off Lake Superior will be heavy at times today with amounts up to 10 cm possible. Locally hazardous travel conditions are likely along highway 17.

Yesterday’s storm dropped 12cm of snow on Wawa – although it appears that more than that fell – such a wet, heavy snow. At least Wawa got much less than Kapuskasing got – they received 45cm of snow yesterday.