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5 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,January 14,2021 insidehalton.com Stop the Spread COVID-19 can be deadly. Stay home. Stay strong. Save lives. Visit ontario.ca/coronavirus Paid for by the Government of Ontario 220 Randall Street, Downtown Oakville | 905-842-2100 ext. 109 www.watsoninvestments.com | To register please contact Adam at adam@watsoninvestments.com Register today for our Quarterly Market Update Hosted by Presenters Friday January 29th 12 & 4pm* Presentation is 30 minutes. The webinar will review the markets performance over the previous quarter. Volatility, market segment performance and asset class returns will be discussed. A live Q&A period will be held at the end of the webinar. Jennifer Watson MBA, CFP®, CIM® Peter Watson MBA, CFP®, R.F.P., CIM®, FCSI Adam Jaekel As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the region and the province, the Ontario government announced elementary schools in southern Ontario will not open for in-class learning for at least another two weeks. This means elementary students in the Halton District School Board and Halton Catholic District School Board will have to start with virtual learning until at least Jan. 25. "It's a tough one, tough for everybody," Dr. David Williams, Ontario's chief medical offi- cer of health, said during the Jan. 7 an- nouncement. Amid record-high numbers in new CO- VID-19 infections and deaths, Ontario Pre- mier Doug Ford urged residents to hunker down and stay home. "We have to do everything we can now to save lives," Ford said in a press conference at Queen's Park on Jan. 8, reminding people to follow public health measures, including avoiding gatherings, wearing a mask and practising physical distancing. "If these basic measures continue to be ig- nored, the consequences will be more dire. The shutdown won't end at the end of Janu- ary and we will have to look at more extreme measures," he said. As for the number of new cases, data from the website of Halton Public Health showed that from Jan. 1 to 7 there were 748 new in- fections in the region, up from 654 posted the previous week. The number of active cases stood at 660, including 227 in Burlington, 201 in Milton, 170 in Oakville and 62 in Halton Hills. As of Jan. 8, there were 6,799 COVID-19 cases in Halton since the pandemic started, with 5,875 considered resolved and 130 deaths. - With files from Louie Rosella WEEKLY ROUNDUP: SCHOOL CLOSURE EXTENDED AS COVID CASES KEEP CLIMBING BAMBANG SADEWO bsadewo@metroland.com Here's a weekly roundup of COVID-19 cases and news. Rick Madonik/Metroland file photo NEWS