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Morning News – March 31st

Weather:

Cloudy with 70 percent chance of flurries at times heavy. Wind northwest 20 km/h. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 13 this morning and minus 7 this afternoon. UV index 2 or low.
Tonight – Mainly cloudy. 70 percent chance of flurries at times heavy early this evening then 30 percent chance of flurries this evening. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 17. Wind chill minus 12 this evening and minus 24 overnight.

Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma

Tested Confirmed
cases
 Active
cases		 Currently

hospitalized

 Resolved
cases
 Deceased
113,892 229 10
 0 219 4
Updated: March 30, 2021, 4:32 p.m.

 

Immunization Tracker for the Algoma District:

Total doses administered: 20,374

Dose # of Algoma residents who have received immunization % eligible Algoma residents who have received immunization (adults 16+) % all Algoma residents who have received immunization (any age)
People partially immunized with first dose only 17,978 18.6% 15.7%
People fully immunized with first and second dose 1,198 1.2% 1.1%
Total people immunized (first dose and/or fully vaccinated): 19.176 19.8% 16.8%

Last Updated: 1:22 PM, March 29, 2021

News Tidbits:

In a leak yesterday, Volkswagen gave the news that the US side of operations was going to be renamed ‘Voltswagen’. Apparently this was part of an elaborate April’s Fool Joke that was leaked early. The media release was to be part of a media campaign about their launch of the all-electric ID.4 SUV.

 

Premier Doug Ford along with Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, François-Philippe Champagne, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Patty Hajdu, Federal Minister of Health, and John Tory, Mayor of Toronto, will make an announcement at 10:00 a.m.

 

Did you know? On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower was dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower’s designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.

 

 

 

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