More than 13,000 doses administered to 5 to 11-year-olds; 24 community cases; 24 in hospital; 2 in ICU

COVID-19 has been increasing in recent weeks amid a pandemic wave spurred on by the Omicron variant.New public health data indicates the average number occurring per day hit close to three (2.86) last Wednesday and has been almost two per day since last Tuesday.The last time Hamilton faced similar numbers was during the third wave of the pandemic almost exactly a year ago, when the average hit 3.14 on Jan. 15, 2021.The city’s medical officer of health says the numbers are being watched “very closely” and compared with the number of cases currently affecting the surrounding community.

As the threat of COVID-19’s Omicron variant lingers, new Ipsos polling exclusive to Global News shows most Canadians support even further restrictions on the unvaccinated.

Today, we are reporting 56,788 boosters administered yesterday, the highest number in one day so far, bringing the total to 1,053,055.

In a written statement, B.C. health officials report 987 people are in hospital, and 129 are in critical care due to COVID-19 related illness on Monday, Jan.

Mayor Jim Kenney  PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is about to undergo a medical procedure Tuesday.The Mayor’s office announced Kenney will be treated for atrial fibrillation through an ablation procedure.They went on to say the procedure is minimally invasive and routine.The Mayor will be under anesthesia during the procedure and will be out Tuesday and Wednesday.

Authorities say 19-year-old Nicholas Bednarek was killed when the car he was in sideswiped a guardrail and slammed into two utility poles on Sunday morning. CHELTENHAM, Pa. - A young man was killed when he and a carful of youths hit a guardrail and slammed into two utility poles over the weekend in Montgomery County. According to investigators from the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, an 18-year-old driver and four others between 17-19 were in a 2006 Honda Accord on Greenwood Avenue early Sunday morning when the vehicle sideswiped a guardrail and shattered two utility poles.Officers from the Cheltenham Police Department found the occupants suffering from serious injuries, according to investigators.

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 26: Carlos Dunlap #8 of the Seattle Seahawks reacts during the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears at Lumen Field on December 26, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - The family of Seattle Seahawks defensive end Carlos Dunlap II said his father was the victim in a deadly car collision in South Carolina over the weekend.North Charleston Police said male pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Saturday night on Ashley Phosphate Road. The victim was taken to a hospital where he later died, according to authorities. Investigators said they located the driver on the scene but that no charges have been filed at this time as the case remains under investigation.Carlos Dunlap Sr.

NEW YORK - A man who opened fire with a .45-caliber handgun equipped with a high-capacity drum magazine, killing an NYPD officer and critically wounding another in a narrow apartment hallway in Harlem last week, has died, police said.Lashawn McNeil, 47, who was shot and wounded during the fatal encounter Friday night, died on Monday at Harlem Hospital, the NYPD confirmed.Three police officers had responded to an emergency call from an apartment on West 135th Street from a woman saying her adult son — McNeil — had become "problematic" on Friday night, Mayor Eric Adams said last week. The officers spoke with the woman and another person in the front of the apartment, police said. Neither said anything about McNeil, who was in a back bedroom, having a weapon, police said. Police Officer Jason Rivera and Police Wilbert Mora began walking down a narrow hallway to check on McNeil, who swung open the door and began shooting, police said.

At a briefing to the World Health Organization (WHO) executive board today, its director-general warned that conditions remain ideal for new variants to emerge and that countries have the power to change the drivers of the pandemic.

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SELLERSVILLE, Pa. - Pennsylvania has deployed its first pandemic "strike team" of out-of-state health care workers to a Bucks County hospital under severe strain from COVID-19, the state's top health official announced Monday.The team, which includes nurses and respiratory therapists, started Saturday night at Grand View Hospital in Sellersville. Workers will staff the overnight shift at the hospital for the next 14 days.The state's Department of Health recently contracted with GHR Healthcare to supply health care workers for temporary assignment to hospitals in need of staffing assistance.

Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to plummet across all ten boroughs according to new figures.

Across the country new daily case counts for COVID-19 are declining, but cities and states are still struggling with high demands for hospital services, and Los Angeles late last week reported its most deaths in a single day since Mar 10, 2021.

COVID-19-related deaths on Friday, Waterloo Public Health reported another five on Monday, raising the death toll in the area to 339.A total of 26 of those victims have come over the first 24 days of January.One of the victims was a resident of the Village of Winston Park retirement home in Kitchener where an outbreak was declared on Jan. 5, which has been connected to 41 staff members and 17 residents.

A Lanarkshire pub has warned that it was facing calling time for good had Covid restrictions not been lifted today.

A university fresher who struggled with mental health problems hanged himself in his halls of residence after he was told to isolate amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Manchester, an inquest heard.

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RELATED: N95 masks: Where to find them for freeDr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, said he was "as confident as you can be" that states will hit their highest point of infections in February to ABC News’ "This Week." However, he noted cases should start dropping off after that, as seen in other countries, but that the virus is still unpredictable."You never want to be overconfident when you're dealing with this virus," he said.

Aylmer Police are investigating after they say a man lost $141,000 in a Bitcoin cryptocurrency scam over the span of half a year.

Middlesex-London Health Unit reported five deaths and 592 COVID-19 cases from Saturday to Monday.The deaths involved men in their 70s or 80s who were either fully vaccinated or had had their third dose. Two of the five were associated with long-term care. London, Ont.

January 24, 2022The number of intensive care patients with the virus has dropped, from 50 to 49.The province also declared a number of outbreaks across the province, including in care homes Golden Door Geriatric Centre and Meadowood Manor in Winnipeg, Westman Nursing Home in Virden, as well as the Assiniboine Centre at the Brandon Regional Health Centre, and the medical ward at Steinbach’s Bethesda Regional Health Centre.

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3,861 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID, 615 in intensive care “Bus companies are now experiencing an increase in driver absences due to COVID-19 isolation.”The board says that 90 per cent of bus routes are currently running normally although some routes have had delays of more than 50 minutes.It says this has meant that STSWR will be cancelling some routes between January 25 and February 18.The board did not say which routes would be cancelled but did note that the cancellation would be communicated to the affected students and families.

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Guelph General Hospital is reporting on Monday that it is treating 31 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19.The hospital also said that 26 staff members have tested positive for the virus and another 16 are waiting for test results. City of Guelph facilities begin reopening on Jan.

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. - A Chester County man faces numerous charges in the alleged sexual assault of a child, officials announced Monday.George Berry, 70, of Downingtown, was arrested in connection to the rape of a 12-year-old child between January 2020 and December 2021.Berry is charged with 15 counts of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, and related offenses. Berry shared a home with the victim and the victim's mother. He was taken into custody on Jan.

James Iannazzo was fired by Merrill Lynch after he was caught on video yelling at employees at a Connecticut smoothie shop. (Photo courtesy of the Fairfield Police Department) WASHINGTON - A Merrill Lynch advisor was fired following a tirade at a Connecticut smoothie shop where he yelled at employees, threw objects and refused to leave, according to the Fairfield Police Department.James Iannazzo purchased a smoothie from Robeks and left the store without incident.

PHILADELPHIA - The son of a Philadelphia police officer was shot and killed during a suspected robbery in North Philadelphia, authorities said Monday. The shooting occurred just after 4:30 a.m. in the area of Broad Street and Allegheny Avenue. Police responded to the scene and found the 23-year-old male victim suffering from nine gunshots wounds, including eight to the back.

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London Farm Show at the Western Fair Agriplex has been cancelled again.While COVID-19-related restrictions in the province are set to begin loosening at the end of the month, organizers have determined there’s just not enough time to host “a successful show of this size.” Here’s a look at Ontario’s planned timeline to lift COVID-19 restrictions “With feedback from our valued show exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees, and the extended operation of the Agriplex as a vaccination centre, the decision to cancel this year’s event was necessary,” organizers said in a statement released Monday.The 2022 show would have been the first since the 2020 event was held just 17 days before the first provincial lockdown. In 2021, a virtual version of the show was held, dubbed London Farm Show Connect.There are no plans for a virtual show in 2022, “but to stay connected with our industry, we will be launching a #Plant22 Snack Box featuring local businesses and packed with locally-sourced treats,” said Bridget Mahon, agriculture events manager for the Western Fair Association (WFA).The boxes will go on sale in early March, through the farm show’s website.

Quebec Liberals to Premier Legault: Where is your reopening plan? Meanwhile, Quebecers wanting to shop at big box stores will now need to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to enter, although pharmacies and grocery stores are exempt from the new measure.In the last 24 hours, 62,562 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered brining the total to over 17.1 million doses. Proof of vaccination required starting Monday to enter big Quebec retail stores So far, 85,5 per cent of the population has received at least one dose of a vaccine, while 90 per cent of Quebecers aged 12 and over are considered adequately vaccinated.The caseload in Quebec now stands at 838,437 infections including 2,807 reported on Monday.

Canadians are split on whether a tax should be imposed on those unvaccinated against COVID-19, with 52 per cent in support of the idea and 48 per cent against, according to a poll done exclusively for Global News by Ipsos.

COVID on Monday with 615 in intensive care units.This is up by 64 hospitalizations and an increase of 11 in ICUs since the previous day, though officials noted not all hospitals reported updated figures due to the weekend.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Those figures aren’t updated on Mondays, however, due to incomplete data reporting from hospitals over the weekend.However, figures from last week show roughly 44 per cent of those hospitalized with COVID were admitted for other reasons. Of those in intensive care with the virus, roughly 18 per cent were admitted for other reasons.3,861 people are hospitalized with #COVID19.

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A further 6,934 cases of coronavirus have been reported in Scotland as the number of people with the disease in the nation's hospitals continues to fall.

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COVID-19 and concerns around the Omicron variant wave rising in the country, a majority of Canadians are in favour of imposing more restrictions on those who have not gotten the shots yet, according to new polling.An Ipsos poll published Monday and conducted exclusively for Global News showed that 67 per cent want the government to impose further measures on the unvaccinated population, with nearly half (49 per cent) of the respondents blaming the unvaccinated for prolonging the pandemic – now entering its third year. Canadians’ support for lockdowns, government dips amid Omicron COVID-19 wave, poll finds This comes as some provinces in the country, like Ontario and British Columbia, are already moving ahead with easing restrictions based on key metrics such as hospitalizations and intensive care admissions.Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos public affairs, said Canadians have become increasingly polarized when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations, lockdowns and the pandemic in general.“What we’ve seen over the space of, particularly Omicron, is that people are becoming more divided,” he told Global News.Those divisions were made further evident in this latest poll, as 52 per cent said they were in favour of putting a tax on the unvaccinated, while 48 per cent opposed that measure.Earlier this month, Quebec became the first province in Canada to announce its plan to impose a tax on adults who choose to remain unvaccinated.

Coleen Nolan told Ruth Langsford she ‘can’t be bothered’ with Covid anymore on today’s episode of Loose Women.The show began by discussing the news that the NHS will stay firm in the idea that it’s workers need to be double jabbed by the 1 April.Ruth rounded up the debate by telling the panelists to ‘watch this space’, to which Coleen responded: “I can’t be bothered watching this space, I’m bored of it! I’ve had Covid up to here.”It ended with Ruth awkwardly replying: "Okay, we'll move on then."It is estimated that 80,000 NHS workers are still yet to be vaccinated, which has raised some eyebrows with the general public.Ruth asked the panelists if they think it is fair to force people into mandatory vaccinations, a topic that she knows Coleen is ‘very against.’Coleen said: “I’m totally against it, I really am. I just don’t think you have the right to force somebody, for whatever reasons they have.”“It’s their choice.

PHILADELPHIA - A man has died after a shooting happened in North Philadelphia Monday. The shooting happened just after 4:30 a.m.

The Scottish Government has confirmed no coronavirus deaths were reported in Tayside in the last 24 hours.

High numbers of people are presenting at emergency departments with Covid-19, according to the Health Service Executive's Chief Operations Officer.

The Scottish Government have confirmed no people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

COLOMBO (News 1st); His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo says the Easter Attacks is a clear example of political manipulation.He said this form of manipulation used a group of terror-minded youngsters and “having come to know about them possibly allowed that to happen for political gain.”“When I saw these scenes it was very clear that this was a kind of a cock and bull story that has been created by the police,” he said when commenting on the recent discovery of a hand grenade from the All Saint’s Church premises in Colombo.Rev. Fr.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Health Minister (Dr) Keheliya Rambukwella noted that if one is to be considered as FULLY VACCINATED, one should have proof of being administered with all three doses of the vaccine against COVID-19.He noted that all those who have obtained both doses of the vaccine should be directed to the vaccination centers to obtain the booster dose.Sri Lanka will mark one year of its vaccination drive against COVID-19 on the 29th of January 2022 and the country’s health ministry has organized a series of events across the island to boost the drive.The Health Minister said all measures are being taken to ensure that it is mandatory to be in possession of the vaccination card to enter public places, and the legal study for this purpose has neared completion.The Minister said the respective gazette is being formulated and all other related matters are also being looked into,

Covid travel tests for those who have been double jabbed have been scrapped by the government.Although Boris Johnson did not confirm the exact date when these new rules will come into place, it is expected to be before the half-term break next month – saving holidaymakers an extra cost.This news comes as the Prime Minister announced that the UK is "moving through the Omicron wave".Speaking to broadcasters during a visit to the Academic Centre, Milton Keynes Hospital, he said: “We have, thanks to the tough decisions, the big calls that we made… the most open economy and society in Europe.“And although we have to be cautious, we are now moving through the Omicron wave, and you can see the figures are starting to get better.“So what we’re doing on travel, to show that this country is open for business, open for travellers, you will see changes so that people arriving no longer have to take tests if they have been vaccinated, if they have been double vaccinated.”To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Double-jabbed travellers currently have to pre-book a Day 2 antigen test from a private supplier to take on their second day of arrival into the country.Non-vaccinated arrivals must take a pre-departure test and two post-arrival PCR tests – Day 2 and Day 8 – as well as having to self-isolate for 10 days.It is still unclear if new rules will come into place for unvaccinated passengers.The new announcement comes after the chief executives of the UK's largest airlines urged the government to end coronavirus-related travel restrictions.The bosses pointed to evidence that the Omicron variant is in retreat, and argued that current measures have a "limited effect" in preventing

Ontario long-term care sees staff absences of 20% to 30% amid COVID outbreaks It says the situation is even more dire given the high number of staff absences as workers are exposed to or infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.The organization says the shortage is also putting added strain on Ontario’s hospital system, as the latest numbers from the province show 582 patients would be eligible to leave hospital with publicly funded home care, were the resources available.“We’re being deluged with calls and we do not have the staff to respond,” said Sue VanderBent, CEO of Home Care Ontario. “There are no longer enough nurses and personal support workers in the system to provide people with the help they need at home.”The organization said staff in the sector are paid less than their equivalents in other parts of the health-care system, though they perform similar work.For example, personal support workers are paid at least $5 per hour more if they work in long-term care homes or hospitals, Home Care Ontario said.