Day: 17 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 17, 2022, at 4:45 pm EST.

On Thursday, health officials in Russia logged 180,622 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 14.8 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 79.7% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 790 Covid-related deaths for a total of 343,173 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

Minister Lecce’s announcement: ahead with EQAO tests and online lessons

TORONTO – After two years in which due to the Covid-19 pandemic, students have been tossed between distance learning and face-to-face lessons, parents are wondering what the next school year will be like. Today, during a press conference, Education Minister Stephen Lecce anticipated some funding from his government for the year 2022-23. “Funds to support the recovery of educational programs never completed and for those of mental health of students – said the minister – all this to allow them to start a more normal school year than the latter two”.