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Covid in Ontario, over ten thousand active cases. Quebec close to two thousand a day, Alberta breathes

TORONTO – The surge in infections already recorded last week in Ontario shows no sign of decreasing: today the province reported 1,476 new cases of Covid-19 and 8 deaths. Infections were 1,607 on Saturday (the high number in seven months) and on Friday 1,452. The seven-day moving average of daily cases is now 1,236 (Saturday it was 1,194, a week ago 761).  (more…)

Covid-19: Ontario touches on 1,300 cases in one day, more than 1,800 in Quebec

TORONTO – Covid-19: impressive surge in infections in Ontario, today: almost 1,300 new cases, with the highest daily count in the province in more than six months. The provincial health officials in fact recorded 1,290 infections, compared to 1,009 on Wednesday and 959 a week ago. Today’s total is therefore the highest recorded in Ontario since May 24, when 1,446 cases were registered.  (more…)

Covid-19, Ontario now averages 1,000 cases per day

TORONTO – Ontario returns above the thousand new daily cases of Covid-19. Today 1,009 were registered, in addition to 8 deaths which bring the total number in the province, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 10,044. The moving average of daily infections, calculated over seven days, is now 1,007, up sharply from 821 last week – an average that hasn’t been seen for over six months. 38,502 tests processed in the last 24 hours: the positivity rate was 3.3 percent.  (more…)

Ontario, a thousand Covid-cases a day over the weekend

TORONTO – Weekend to forget in Ontario: for the third consecutive day, the province has in fact recorded over 1,000 new cases of Covid-19, with the count of infections reaching the highest level since the end of May. The provincial health officials in fact detected 1,184 infections today, compared to 1,053 on Saturday and 1,031 on Friday. We have to go back to 28 May to find a greater number of cases than today: at that time, the infections had been 1,273.  (more…)