{"id":34500,"date":"2020-07-20T07:56:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T11:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=34500"},"modified":"2020-08-19T18:21:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T22:21:37","slug":"morning-news-tidbits-july-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/20\/morning-news-tidbits-july-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning News Tidbits &#8211; July 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather<\/strong> &#8211; Cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers or drizzle early this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 17. UV index 5 or moderate.<br \/>\nTonight &#8211; Clearing late this evening. Low 9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marine Forecast<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Strong wind warning in effect. &#8216;Strong&#8217; winds of 20 to 33 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wind northwest 25 knots diminishing to northwest 15 this morning and to northwest 10 this afternoon. Wind becoming light near midnight then becoming east 10 Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textSummary\">Waves one and one half metres subsiding to one this morning and to one half metre early this evening. Waves subsiding to less than one half metre overnight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statistics <\/strong><strong>from Algoma Public Health<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; July 19, 2020 (9:30 a.m.)<\/p>\n<p>Algoma regions where residents have tested positive for COVID-19 include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Sault Ste. Marie &amp; Area<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Central &amp; East Algoma<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Elliot Lake &amp; Area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"height: 220px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"493\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"109\" \/>\n<col width=\"128\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" width=\"109\" height=\"24\">Tested<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" width=\"128\">18,152<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Positive<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Negative<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">16,773<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Pending<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">1,352<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Deceased<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Resolved<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Total confirmed cases by area of residence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Central &amp; East\u00a0 Algoma \u2013 2 (less than 5)<br \/>\nElliot Lake &amp; Area \u2013 3 (less than 5)<br \/>\nNorth Algoma \u2013 No<br \/>\nSault Ste. Marie &amp; Area \u2013 Yes (22)<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-34504\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-20-at-8.07.14-AM-300x298.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-20-at-8.07.14-AM-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-20-at-8.07.14-AM-600x596.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-20-at-8.07.14-AM-150x149.png 150w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-20-at-8.07.14-AM-768x763.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-20-at-8.07.14-AM-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-20-at-8.07.14-AM-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-20-at-8.07.14-AM-500x497.png 500w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-20-at-8.07.14-AM.png 906w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There was one new fire discovered in the Northeast Region, Sault Ste. Marie 8 is 0.1 of a hectare and not under control at the time of this update. The fire is located southwest of Searchmont. There are ten\u00a0active fires in the region at the time of this update. Of these fires, three\u00a0are not under control, two are under control and five\u00a0are being observed.The fire hazard is mostly low across the region with the exception of areas near both Hearst and Bancroft which are showing a moderate to high hazard today.There are currently 15 active forest fires in the Northwest Region. Five are under control, four are being observed and six are being held. The forest fire hazard is mainly low to moderate with an area of high hazard in the Nipigon district.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">NDP MPP Gretzky will introduce a motion to create a COVID-19 Essential Caregiver Strategy.\u00a0 She<\/span> will host a virtual press conference Monday at 9:30 a.m. to outline proposals for a COVID-19 Essential Caregiver Strategy.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Rod Phillips, Minister of Finance, to make an announcement at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, will make an announcement about activities at Ontario Place at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather &#8211; Cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers or drizzle early this morning. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 17. UV index 5 or moderate. 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