Dr. Heather Morrison, chief medical officer for Prince Edward Island, speaks to the media at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Charlottetown, on Dec. 16, 2020.Prince Edward Island entered a 72-hour, provincewide lockdown Monday meant to stop two clusters of COVID-19 cases from spreading.
Coronavirus tracker: How many COVID-19 cases are there in Canada and worldwide? The latest maps and charts “P.E.I. was doing so well and our freedoms were different than that of other parts of the country, so it’s a tough blow that we find ourselves in this situation, but we recognize the need to manage the cases of COVID-19 and clusters we see in the province,” Penny Walsh-McGuire said in an interview Monday.
On Monday, Health PEI announced new restrictions for hospitals, allowing patients to have visits from a maximum of three separate people. Exceptions will be made for compassionate circumstances including end of life and in pediatrics, obstetrics and palliative care.
In Toronto we are in our 63rd week of two weeks to flatten the curve.