{"id":35202,"date":"2020-08-05T07:56:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T11:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=35202"},"modified":"2021-08-24T13:38:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:38:36","slug":"morning-news-tidbits-august-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/05\/morning-news-tidbits-august-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning News Tidbits &#8211; August 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather<\/strong> &#8211; Cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming northwest 20 km\/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 21. UV index 6 or high. Tonight &#8211; Partly cloudy. Low 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statistics <\/strong><strong>from Algoma Public Health<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; August 4, 2020 (8:30 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\">21,425<\/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\">20,572<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"xl64\" height=\"24\">Pending<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">826<\/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\">27<\/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<br \/>\nElliot Lake &amp; Area \u2013 3<br \/>\nNorth Algoma \u2013 No<br \/>\nSault Ste. Marie &amp; Area \u2013 Yes (22)<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are eight fires active across the Northeast Region: one of which is under control and seven are being observed. The fire hazard is low to moderate across the region.<\/p>\n<p>There were nine active fires in the Northwest Region. Three fires are not under control, three fires are under control and three fires are being observed. Two fires were declared out today. As warm dry weather persists, a high fire hazard is expanding eastward from the Manitoba border encompassing Kenora, Red Lake, Dryden, Fort Frances and western portions of the Sioux Lookout sector. Fire hazard conditions in the Thunder Bay and Nipigon sectors range from moderate to low.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, to make an announcement at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather &#8211; Cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming northwest 20 km\/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 21. UV index 6 or high. Tonight &#8211; Partly cloudy. Low 12. Statistics from Algoma Public Health\u00a0 &#8211; August 4, 2020 (8:30 a.m.) Algoma regions where &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3011],"class_list":["post-35202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-august-5"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 13:13:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35203,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35202\/revisions\/35203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}