Ceppo Omicron, questo sconosciuto

TORONTO – Tutto il mondo è in allerta. La nuova variante Omicron del Covid-19, individuata per la prima volta in Sudafrica, è stata classificata come “preoccupante” dall’Organizzazione mondiale della Sanità. Da poco più di 200 nuovi casi confermati al giorno nelle ultime settimane, il Sudafrica ha visto salire il numero di nuovi casi giornalieri a più di 3.200 sabato, la maggior parte nel Gauteng… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide


Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of November 29, 2021, at 4:45 pm EST.

On Monday, health officials in Russia logged 33,860 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 9.6 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 86.4% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 1,209 Covid-related deaths for a total of 273,964 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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Omicron strain, this unknown. Alert also in Ontario: perhaps anticipate the third doses of vaccine

TORONTO – The whole world is on alert. The new Omicron variant of Covid-19, first identified in South Africa, has been classified as “worrying” by the World Health Organization. From just over 200 new cases confirmed per day in recent weeks, South Africa has seen the number of new daily cases rise to more than 3,200 on Saturday, most in Gauteng.  Continue reading

Covid-19, hospitalizations continue to grow in Ontario

TORONTO – Another 788 new ones from Covid-19, 3 deaths and hospitalizations that attest to growing. Numbers still not very reassuring for Ontario, where the moving average of daily cases calculated over seven days is now approaching 800: today it was 782, a week ago it was 656. It is true that today’s case count is down from Sunday, when 964 new infections were confirmed (the highest number in a single day since last May), but the number of new infections is a substantial jump from the 627 cases of last Monday.  Continue reading

La cucina italiana protagonista al Consolato di Toronto

TORONTO – Grande ricevimento giovedì sera, nella sede del Consolato Generale d’Italia a Toronto, in occasione della Sesta Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo. Presente un folto pubblico di autorità, fra le quali il Console Generale, dottor Eugenio Sgrò, l’Editore del Corriere Canadese, onorevole Joe Volpe, esponenti di spicco della comunità italiana a Toronto e rappresentanti del Corpo Diplomatico della Città (Francia, Ungheria, Malta, Olanda)… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>