{"id":44376,"date":"2021-05-05T07:56:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T11:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=44376"},"modified":"2021-05-05T07:46:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T11:46:23","slug":"morning-news-may-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/05\/morning-news-may-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning News &#8211; May 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather:<\/strong><br \/>\nMainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind north 20 km\/h becoming light this morning. High 9. UV index 5 or moderate.<br \/>\nTonight &#8211; Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of rain showers this evening then 30 percent chance of flurries overnight. Fog patches developing after midnight. Low zero.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nipigon &#8211; Rossport,<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Bay &#8211; Dorion,<\/li>\n<li>Beardmore &#8211; Jellicoe &#8211; Macdiarmid<\/li>\n<li>Gull Bay &#8211; Black Sturgeon Lake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Winter Weather Travel Advisory is in effect for early this morning for the above areas. Possible patchy freezing rain in a few areas until later this morning along Highway 17 and 11 south of Lake Nipigon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma <\/strong>(May 4, 2021, 11:20 pm)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tested &#8211; 133,251<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed Cases &#8211; 338<\/p>\n<p>Active Cases &#8211; 28<\/p>\n<p>Active Cases (non-Algoma residents who are temporarily in Algoma) &#8211; 2<\/p>\n<p>Currently Hospitalized &#8211; 1<\/p>\n<p>Currently Hospitalized (non-Algoma residents who are temporarily in Algoma) &#8211; 2<\/p>\n<p>Resolved Cases &#8211; 310<\/p>\n<p>Deceased &#8211; 4<\/p>\n<p>Cases Screened Positive for VOC &#8211; 59<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Total doses administered: <\/strong><\/em>40,827<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table style=\"height: 193px;\" 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>33,359<\/td>\n<td>34.5%<\/td>\n<td>29.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>People fully immunized with first and second dose<\/td>\n<td>3,734<\/td>\n<td>3.9%<\/td>\n<td>3.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Total people immunized (first dose and\/or fully vaccinated):<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>37,093<\/td>\n<td>38.3%<\/td>\n<td>32.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former Hockey Heritage North building in Kirkland Lake has been sold for $799,000. A numbered company in the hospitality business has purchased the building.<\/p>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-91111200\"><\/section>\n<p>There were no new wildland fires, and no active fires in the Northeast region by late afternoon yesterday. The fire hazard varies from low to moderate today.<\/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 Ali Veshkini, Associate Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Solicitor General 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>Solicitor General Sylvia Jones and Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, will provide an update on the province\u2019s COVID-19 vaccination plan at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather: Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind north 20 km\/h becoming light this morning. High 9. UV index 5 or moderate. Tonight &#8211; Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of rain showers this evening then 30 percent chance of flurries overnight. Fog patches developing after midnight. Low zero. 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