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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 September 21, 2021, at 4:00 pm EST.
On Tuesday, health officials in the Philippines logged 16,361 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 2.4 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 91.3% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 140, bringing the total number of fatalities to 37,074.
Alberta, 4,633 cases in three days. Sos in Saskatchewan
EDMONTON – While in Ontario and Quebec the situation seems to be improving day by day – or at least, it appears stable – Alberta and Saskatchewan are in full emergency. Continue reading→
Ontario and Quebec under 600 infections a day
TORONTO – The Covid situation seems to stabilize in Ontario and Quebec: in both provinces, less than 600 new cases were recorded today. Continue reading→
The real outcome of election night
TORONTO – Election day – the last one – seems already so far away. It was a momentary distraction from our everyday lives, a pattern that has come to define as Canadians. We like to be left alone to pursue whatever and any interruption is merely that, a brief pause lasting no more that the 15 minutes required to place an x beside someone’s name. Continue reading→
The election paradox: everyone lose, the only winner fails to get elected
TORONTO – So many losers, a single winner who, paradoxically, cannot even get elected and remains outside parliament. These are the main data that emerge from Monday’s election. The leaders of the main parties in the race have failed miserably in their main objectives, while the parliamentary balance between the parties remains virtually unchanged. Continue reading→
Everything as before: Liberal minority Government
TORONTO – Everything as before. The outcome of the 2021 elections does not change the balance of power that characterized the last legislature by a comma. We will have, just as in the last two years, a Liberal minority government led by Justin Trudeau, in his third term after the victories of 2015 and 2019. In support of the new executive there will be 158 deputies compared to the 157 elected in the previous electoral round. Continue reading→
Canada stays the course with a minority Government
A 36-day federal election campaign culminates with a not so surprising finish. The Liberals are headed back to parliament with a minority Government.
In a costly election, estimated at $610 million, with Conservatives and Liberals nearly tied for weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, failed to win the required 170 seats for a majority in the House of Commons.
Daily update of Ontario’s Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 21.4 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. On September 21, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 30,072 vaccine doses on Monday, up from 16,712 doses the day prior.
Ontario, nuovi contagi e ricoveri in calo
TORONTO – Continua a diminuire, seppur lentamente, il numero di nuovi casi in Ontario che ieri ne ha registrati 610, in calo rispetto ai 715 di domenica, anche se in leggero aumento rispetto ai 600 di una settimana fa. La media mobile su sette giorni delle nuove infezioni è ora pari a 711, in calo di quattro unità rispetto a lunedì scorso e, con 23.864 test elaborati nelle ultime 24 ore (domenica erano stati 29.906), il tasso di positività a livello provinciale è adesso del 2,7%, in calo rispetto al 3,1% di lunedì scorso…
Mille casi in due giorni: restrizioni in Saskatchewan
REGINA – Al caso dell’Alberta (dove quattro giorni fa si sono registrate 2.020 infezioni in un giorno), si aggiunge quello del Saskatchewan: domenica, la provincia ha battuto tre record negativi, registrando il più alto numero di nuovi casi giornalieri, di ospedalizzazioni e di ricoveri in terapia intensiva. Il Saskatchewan ha infatti riportato 543 nuovi casi di Covid-19 e 1 decesso domenica e 439 nuovi casi sabato, aggiungendo così 982 contagi in totale durante il fine settimana. E già venerdì i casi erano stati 472, 383 dei quali (l’81%) rilevati in individui non vaccinati, 25 (5%) parzialmente vaccinati e 64 (14%) completamente vaccinati, come evidenziato dalla tabella pubblicata sulla pagina Twitter del governo del Saskatchewan (https://twitter.com/SKGov)…
