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With millions of vaccines expected to be delivered in coming weeks to Ontario, the province is opening up bookings at vaccine clinics next Monday for second doses of MRNA (Pfizer and Moderna) for residents aged 70 and over.
The province said Friday those who received a dose before April 18 can book what it called “an accelerated second dose appointment” ahead of schedule.
“Ontario expects to receive approximately 4.7 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in June and approximately 3.54 million doses in July,” said the province in Friday’s announcement.
“The province has also received 193,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine. This reliable and increased supply of vaccines has allowed the province to rapidly expand access to vaccines in all public health units and through various channels, including mass immunization clinics, hospital clinics, pharmacies and primary care settings, providing convenient access across Ontario.”
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Residents aged 70 and over can also book their second vaccine jab as early as Friday to be delivered at pharmacies.
Bookings can be made by logging on to the Ontario portal https://ift.tt/2TDZY6p .
“Beginning on June 4, 2021, these groups are eligible to receive their accelerated second dose appointment through pharmacies and primary care settings participating in the vaccine rollout,” the province said.
Ontario’s daily COVID-19 numbers stood at 914 new cases Friday up from a low of 633 earlier this week.
There were 19 more deaths attributed to the virus and the province reported a total of 8,820 deaths since the pandemic began.
There were 534,675 total cases reported in Ontario with 516,396 listed as resolved.
There were 687 persons in hospital and 522 in ICU due to COVID-19 with a further 357 patients on a ventilator.
Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health reported for a fourth day in a row no new cases of COVID-19 and a drop in active cases to four from seven the day before.
There were 1,121 total cases logged, of which, 1,106 were reported as recovered.
There were 490 cases involving variants of concern identified in the region.
There have been 11 deaths linked to COVID-19 to date.
There were zero outbreaks listed.
There were five people listed in hospital including two persons in the intensive care unit and one person on a ventilator.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health said 104,261 residents have been vaccinated in the region.
In Canada, a total of 1.38 million cases have been recorded of which 1.33 million were listed as recovered.
Nationally, there were 27,790 cases listed as active and 25,644 deaths.
Globally, total cases of COVID-19 stood at 172.2 million cases with 3.7 million deaths reported, according to Johns Hopkins University of Medicine Coronavirus Resource Centre.
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