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 December 19, 2021, at 4:30 pm EST.

On Sunday, health officials in German logged 24,190 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 6.8 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 84.0% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 127 Covid-related deaths for a total of 108,963 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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Ontario, over 4 thousand Covid-cases and 8.7% positivity

TORONTO – Experts’ negative predictions seem to come true, day after day: “thanks” to the Omicron variant, Ontario recorded over 4,000 new cases of Covid-19 today, the highest daily total in almost eight months. Provincial health officials have indeed detected 4,177 new infections, up from 3,301 on Saturday and 1,476 just a week ago. Today’s tally is the highest in the province since last April 23, when 4,505 new infections were reported. The seven-day moving average of daily cases is now word at 2,542: a week ago it was at 1,236. Continue reading

The world’s wealthiest are responsible for nearly 50% of carbon emissions


There has been a concentrated international effort to combat climate change. One main focus is on the cutting of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), carbon dioxide (CO2) being one of main culprits. But where do these emissions come from and who is responsible for the majority of carbon emissions?

According to the World Inequality Report 2022 (December 2021), data analysis by a team of world-leading economists suggests that the richest 10% of the global population produces close to 50% of GHG. Continue reading