Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

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[GTranslate]Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of March 31, 2021 at 4:15pm EST.

Globally, there have been over 128 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 104 million people have recovered and more than 2.8 million fatalities were attributable to Covid-19.

Covid out of control, today Ford will announce new restrictions

[GTranslate]TORONTO – New restrictions on the way to curb the surge in Covid-19 infections. The Provincial Government of Ontario could today announce the new crackdown, in the face of an epidemiological curve that has returned to run strongly in the last 10 days, with the new daily cases above 2 thousand for a week and with intensive care admissions marking the new record since the beginning of the pandemic. Continue reading

The concerning effects of social media

[GTranslate]Social media has infiltrated almost every aspect of modern life. Worldwide, social media users number about 3.8 billion, roughly 50% of the global population.

It is a means by which people can stay in touch, interact and a way to create and/or exchange information and ideas in a virtual environment. It can be a beneficial tool, especially at a time when medical experts advise keeping physically distanced to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. (graph 1, see above)

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