Month: December 2021

No updates on Covid in Alberta from 23 December, but there is the ‘black market’ of data

TORONTO – Canada has officially registered more than two million cases of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic: 2,058,872, to be exact. And they are probably “few”, given that on the one hand health workers are preparing for a possible post-holiday peak driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant and on the other hand the numbers of the last few days could represent only the tip of the iceberg given the difficulty in processing all tampons. But there is also who doens’t provide the data at all, such as Alberta.

Ontario: 74,783 active cases, 491 in hospitals

TORONTO – It was a Christmas under siege for Ontario: almost ten thousand new cases of Covid-19 a day, with a positivity rate that has reached 20%. Impressive data, which highlight the very high spread of the virus which, however, does not correspond to an increase in the proportion of hospitalizations: patients obviously increase (with similar numbers the opposite would be impossible), but their number does not reach, at least moment, equally impressive “peaks”. And this should at least comfort, because while the data relating to the tests are not complete (as we will explain in a few lines), there is no escaping those of the hospitalizations: those who are sick end up in hospital. But let’s start with the infections. 

Fatal gun crime on the rise in Toronto

With just days left until the end of 2021, fatal shootings in Toronto have surpassed last year’s gun related fatalities. The latest data from Toronto Police Services (TPS) show 43 people were killed from gun violence compared to 39 the previous year. At a 10.3% increase in fatalities in just one year, Torontonians are concerned about the rising gun crime in the city.

“Salamat, Omicron”

Maraming dapat pasalamatan nitong Amerikan “Thanksgiving”. Ang una ang pagbabalik nang “Macy’s” na parade, na wala nang maga karton hubog tao, para pang pakita na mayroon nanunuod na maga tao sa kalsada. Nakating sa maga malalaking at magagandang lobo na “Baby Boss”. Ang pag babalik nang tinatawag “Itim na Bieyernes” unang pintong bukassan. (90+ bigillantes nag papangap “Fast and the Furious” in Walnut Creek). Ang hinihiwalay na lugar para sa maga hindi gustong bisita sa “Thanksgiving” lamesa nang pamilya-“Omicron”.