{"id":44214,"date":"2021-04-29T07:56:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T11:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=44214"},"modified":"2021-04-29T08:01:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T12:01:39","slug":"morning-news-april-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/29\/morning-news-april-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning News &#8211; April 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sunny. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon then a few showers. Wind up to 15 km\/h. High 12. Wind chill minus 4 this morning. UV index 6 or high.<br \/>\nTonight &#8211; A few rain showers changing to light snow this evening and ending after midnight then clearing. Wind becoming north 20 km\/h late this evening. Low minus 3. Wind chill minus 8 overnight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma (April 28, 2021, 5:45 pm)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tested &#8211; 130,263<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed Cases &#8211; 328<\/p>\n<p>Active Cases &#8211; 38<\/p>\n<p>Active Cases (non-Algoma residents who are temporarily in Algoma) &#8211; 3<\/p>\n<p>Currently Hospitalized &#8211; 2<\/p>\n<p>Currently Hospitalized (non-Algoma residents who are temporarily in Algoma) &#8211; 1<\/p>\n<p>Resolved Cases &#8211; 290<\/p>\n<p>Deceased &#8211; 4<\/p>\n<p>Cases Screened Positive for VOC &#8211; 47<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Total doses administered:<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>37,671<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table style=\"height: 430px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"599\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Dose<\/td>\n<td><strong># of Algoma residents who have received immunization<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>% eligible Algoma residents who have received immunization (adults 16+)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>% all Algoma residents who have received immunization (any age)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>People partially immunized with first dose only<\/td>\n<td>30,825<\/td>\n<td>31.9%<\/td>\n<td>26.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>People fully immunized with first and second dose<\/td>\n<td>3,423<\/td>\n<td>3.5%<\/td>\n<td>3.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Total people immunized (first dose and\/or fully vaccinated):<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>34,248<\/td>\n<td>35.4%<\/td>\n<td>29.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is one active fire in the Northeast Forest Fire Region. Bancroft 2 is under control at 9.1 hectares, it is located near Galway Rd in Trent Lakes Township.<\/p>\n<p>The first round of the NFL Draft will be held tonight (live from Cleveland, Ohio).<\/p>\n<p>Alison Blair, Associate Deputy Minister, Pandemic Response and Recovery; COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force member Dr. Dirk Huyer, Coordinator, Provincial Outbreak Response; Patrick Dicerni, Assistant Deputy Minister and Executive Officer, Drugs and Devices and Assistant Deputy Minister and General Manager, Ontario Health Insurance Plan; Rhonda McMichael, Assistant Deputy Minister, Population Health Initiatives; and Phil Graham, Assistant Deputy Minister, Early Years and Child Care Division, Ministry of Education will hold a technical media briefing via teleconference only to provide an update on the rollout of Ontario\u2019s vaccine distribution plan at 12 Noon.<\/p>\n<p>Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones to provide an update on the province&#8217;s COVID-19 vaccination plan at 1:30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong> On April 29, 1945, the Dachau concentration camp was liberated by U.S. troops.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, riots began in Los Angeles after police officers were acquitted in the Rodney King trial.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather: Sunny. 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