TORONTO – More than a new wave: it’s a tsunami. Omicron has attacked (also) Canada, making the infections from Covid-19 increase exponentially, despite – after the winter wave – the virus seemed to be in a downward phase. In fact, data from the Canadian task force reveal how quickly Omicron and its sub-variants spread across the country as early as the end of 2021 and early this year. The task force reported that as many as 17 million Canadians were infected in just five months, between December 2021 and May 2022. This means that the daily average of new infections was over 100,000. A record, enough to push the members of the task force themselves to define the wave “Omicron tsunami”. (more…)
TORONTO – Almost one in four Canadians has been infected with Covid-19. This is what emerges from a survey conducted online by Leger and The Association for Canadian Studies.
TORONTO – The trend of infections in Ontario is stable. Today, provincial health officials reported 454 new cases of Covid-19 and 9 deaths which bring the total, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 9,912. The count of infections is therefore in line with those of the past few days: 441 Tuesday and 480 Monday. 636, however, the cases on Sunday. Ontario’s seven-day moving average is now 502, still high from last week (379). With 33,364 tests processed in the last 24 hours, the positive rate in the province now stands at around 1.8%. (more…)
TORONTO – New cases and active infections continue to decrease in Ontario. Today, provincial health officials recorded 373 infections, down from 443 on Sunday and 458 on the same day a week ago. 108 of the cases involve fully vaccinated people, representing approximately 29% of all reported cases. (more…)
TORONTO – July 22, 2021: Canada stood today at 1,424,902 positives for Covid-19, an increase of 399 more cases than in the previous 24 hours. The number of victims – nationwide – today reached 26,524 total deaths, 12 more than Wednesday. In Canada today the number of recovered people from the coronavirus stood at 1,393,947. Ontario today reached 548,794 overall positives, an increase of 185 new cases compared to Wednesday. (more…)