TORONTO – May 2, 2021: Canada stood yesterday at 1,232,210 positives for Covid-19, an increase of 5,175 more cases than in the previous 24 hours. The number of victims – nationwide – yesterday reached 24,296 total deaths, 35 more than on Saturday. →
Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, marked this Sunday the beginning of Canada’s 26th annual Emergency Preparedness (EP) week, which will run from May 2-8, 2021. →
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of May 2, 2021 at 4:00pm EST.
The daily rate of new infections in India dipped below 400,000 for the second day in a row. In the last 24-hours, the country’s health officials reported an additional 365,027 new cases, bringing the total infected to nearly 20 million.
On Sunday, India surpassed Mexico in confirmed Covid-related deaths. The country has the third-highest death toll at 218,824 following the US and Brazil.
Globally, over 152 million cases have confirmed positive for Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 131 million people have recovered. Fatalities attributable to Covid-19 now surpass 3.1 million worldwide.
Spain has not updated the status of Covid-19 cases since April 30, 2021.
TORONTO – It’s a report pointing the finger in various directions that the Ontario Long-Term Care Commission has presented to the Ontario government. →
