April 9, 2021

April 9th is the 99th day of 2021. There are 266 days remaining until the end of the year.

Just one new positive COVID-19 case reported Thursday by Chatham-Kent Public Health.

There were 7 recoveries, bring the total active cases drops to 56.

There were 3,295 positive cases reported in Ontario. There were 108,563 vaccine doses administered in the last 24 hour period. It marks a new single-day record for daily vaccinations for the second day in a row.

If you are eligible to recieve the vaccine, Chatham-Kent Public Health is preparing to bring them to you.

Mobile clinics are coming to Wheatley and Highgate next week.

At the Wheatley Arena on Thursday from 11-6:30. This clinic will be using a drive thru model but will also have an option for those without a vehicle.

Saturday at the Mary Webb Centre in Highgate 11-6:30.

Book a spot at GetYourShotCK.ca.

Next week we are bringing COVID-19 vaccinations to you! Here are the details for the mobile clinics for Wheatley* & Highgate.

Book a spot at https://t.co/NdAvwVwClv

*The Wheatley clinic will be using a drive thru model but will also have an option for those without a vehicle. pic.twitter.com/N0orlmHJ3x

— CK Public Health (@CKPublicHealth) April 8, 2021

There’s a blood donor clinic at the Chatham-Kent YMCA on Tuesday 1-7.

Clinics remain open to allow blood donor clinics to continue to provide essential products & services for patients throughout the pandemic. Leaving home to give blood is allowed even during a lockdown.

Donations are by appointment only. Book yours now at Blood.ca, use the Give Blood app or call 1-888-2-DONATE. No walk-in appointments are available.

Your donation matters, book now and save a life.

It’s day two of the 85th Masters golf tournament.

The tournament began yesterday and Justin Rose is the current leader. Because of COVID the 2020 tournament was played in November, this time it’s back to its usual week. This time around, there will be a limited number of fans in attendance.

Dustin Johnson was the winner in November. The winner of this week’s Masters will take home $2.07 million and the famed Green Jacket.

Listowel’s Corey Conners is Canada’s best chance.

You can watch the entire tournament on TSN or the final two rounds on CBS.

A hash brown shortage may occur in Maine.

And for once, the pandemic isn’t to blame. A tractor-trailer overturned yesterday on Interstate 295 in Maine. It was carrying frozen tater tots. They spilled all over the road. The road was closed as crews removed the potatoes.

A tractor-trailer traveling southbound rolled over at exit 11 around 4 a.m. Thursday, spilling the frozen taters on the road. https://t.co/5RqUtK8Tdf

— NECN (@NECN) April 8, 2021

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This post was written by Chris McLeod