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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of May 18, 2021 at 6:15pm EST.

On Tuesday, Ontario logged 1,616 new Covid-19 cases. It was the lowest daily number of new infections in 8 weeks. Of the total confirmed positive cases in the province, 93.5% have recovered. In the last 24-hours, the province’s daily Covid-related deaths increased by another 17 fatalities.

Globally, over 163 million cases have confirmed positive for Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 144 million people have recovered. Fatalities attributable to Covid-19 now surpass 3.3 million worldwide.