More than 900 new COVID-19 cases across Ontario, 49 in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon.

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Published November 26, 2021 at 3:54 pm

Peel Public Health (PPH) said there are 49 new COVID-19 cases in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon.

According to PPH, 23 of Friday’s new cases were in 23 Brampton, 22 in Mississauga, and another four in Caledon.

There have been 119,112 cases of COVID-19 across the Region of Peel according to PPH. Of those cases 117,744 have recovered and 338 are pending.

The province reported a total of 927 new COVID-19 cases across Ontario on Friday and five more deaths.

PPH data shows 1,032 people have died of COVID-19 in Peel, and 9,991 people have died of the virus in all of Ontario.

The province announced earlier this week that children aged 5 to 11 years old can book COVID-19 vaccinations appointments through the province’s vaccine portal.

PPH says 89.6 per cent of Peel residents over 12 years old have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine while 85.8 per cent are fully immunized.

There have been more than 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Peel, with at least 18,305 doses given out in just the last week alone.

For more information on how to get a COVID-19 vaccine visit www.peelregion.ca.

On Friday, Pearson Airport in Mississauga started restricting travel from southern Africa after a new COVID-19 was variant identified.

All foreign nationals who have travelled through South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini or Mozambique in the last two weeks will be banned from entering Canada.

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