Waterloo Wellington hospitals seeing ‘downward trend’ in COVID-19-positive patients | CTV News

A biweekly update provided by local hospitals says there are 122 COVID-19-positive patients in their care, down from 133 on Tuesday.

Hospital team members continue to work harder than ever during this wave to care for unprecedented volumes of patients who require urgent care within the challenges of COVID-19.

Mary’s Hospital COVID-19 Assessment Clinic has been designated as the referral centre for Paxlovid, an anti-viral drug recently approved for use by Health Canada.

“It is promising to see some new drug therapies being made available to those with COVID for specific groups,“ said Lee Fairclough, the region’s COVID-19 lead and president of St.

Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen pushed predecessor Erin O’Toole to show support for the Freedom Convoy protest, arguing last week there are ‘good people on both sides,’ an echo of the phrase made infamous by former U.S.

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As of Monday, the province says sports practices and rehearsals for arts and culture performances can have up to 25 people indoors and 50 outdoors.

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