COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Monday, Nov. 2

Zack Bell won the District 10 Charlottetown-Winsloe byelection Monday, giving the Progressive Conservatives a majority government under Premier Dennis King. Advance voting numbers were strong and COVID-19 restrictions were in place at polling stations and a small victory party.

Family medicine has changed on P.E.I. since COVID hit, with fewer face-to-face appointments each day.

Despite a 70-per-cent drop in business due to COVID-19, the owner of the Brackley Drive-in Theatresaw a lot of positives in 2020, and was recently presented with a tourism award.

With so many students being driven to school by the parents during the pandemic, some are complaining traffic around the schools is unsafe.

P.E.I. Judge Jeff Lantz says COVID-19 symptoms andtests are causing delays in provincial court.

The Charlottetown Farmers' Market building opened to the public Saturdayfor the first time since March.

There have been 64confirmed cases of COVID-19 on P.E.I. and all are considered recovered. There have been no deaths, hospitalizationsand no evidence of community spread.

Prince Edward Island continues to be the only province in Canada with no active cases ofCOVID-19.There have also been no deaths in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.The Yukon reported its first death Oct. 30.

Also in the news

• Funeral homes on P.E.I. say they are mostly limiting the number of mourners at funerals to 50, because they are not set up to handle more safely under the new normal.
• An economic outlook from the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council this week shows some relative bright spots for the P.E.I. economy, but also points to ongoing challenges.
• N.S. Health is warning travellers in the region of the possibility of exposure to COVID-19 on two flights into Halifax last week.
• The annual poppy campaign on P.E.I. startedFriday, and organizers hope COVID-19 won't hurt fundraising efforts.

Further resources

• Here isinformation for livingwith the COVID-19 pandemic on P.E.I. including information on government relief programs, physical distancing measuresand essential health services.
• Here is achart tracking COVID-19 numbers and a timeline of COVID-19-related events on P.E.I.
• Here is a look at how coronavirus is spreading across Canada.

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