Day: 13 February 2022

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 13, 2022, at 4:20 pm EST.

On Sunday, health officials in Poland logged 22,070 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 5.4 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 85.4% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 31 Covid-related deaths for a total of 108,120 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

Ontario and Quebec, Covid hospitalizations in sharp decline

TORONTO – Covid-19 hospitalizations in Ontario continue to drop significantly: today there were 1,540 people admitted to hospitals in the province, yesterday they were 1,704, Friday 1,829 and last week as many as 2,493. The number of people in intensive care also dropped from 414 on Saturday to 402 today, although their number could be higher because not all hospitals report their data over the weekend. However, the trend is clear.

Ontario Nurses’ Union secures “retention bonus” for front-line nurses

TORONTO – With less than four months until the Provincial election, the Ford Government agrees to pay $5,000 to Ontario’s front-line nurses in publicly funded settings. The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) confirmed this in a statement (February 11), that said its president, Cathryn Hoy had met with Premier Ford and “negotiated a good-faith retention bonus for all front-line nurses in publicly-funded facilities”.