Day: 18 April 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 April 18, 2022, at 5:00pm EST.

On Monday, health officials in Russia logged 9,434 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 18.0 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 96.2% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 213 Covid-related deaths for a total of 373,713 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

Pope Francis will be in Canada in July

Edmonton, Quebec City and Iqaluit. These are the three stages of Pope Francis’ trip to Canada scheduled for the end of July. To tell CBC News are sources not authorized to speak publicly. Moreover, the Pope himself, in the final audience granted in the Vatican to Native American groups on April 1, had hinted that around the days of St. Anne, which is celebrated on July 26, he would arrive in Canada to visit native Americans in their territories and ask forgiveness for the actions of members of the Roman Catholic Church in residential schools.