British Columbia health officials reported nine new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and two additional deaths attributed to the virus.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said B.C. has now recorded 2,558 cases in total, 84 per cent of whom have recovered.
Of the 241 active cases in the province, 33 are in hospital and six of those are in intensive care.
The province’s death toll is now 164.
Meanwhile, a new outbreak has been declared at a long-term care facility in the Fraser Health region, bringing the total number of residential or acute care facilities dealing with the virus to 16.
British Columbia reported one new death from COVID-19 over the weekend and 23 additional cases, bringing the total to 2,353.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix confirmed the latest numbers on Monday and spoke about efforts to slowly start reopening the economy.
Dr. Henry asked for patience as the province moves toward easing physical distancing requirements after the May long weekend, comparing B.C.’s reopening plan to a “steady stream” that is “far more successful than a rushing river that can damage things in its place.”
The White House announced additional staffers tested positive for the novel coronavirus Friday, including a personal assistant to Ivanka Trump.
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Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams and associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe provided an update on the latest COVID-19 cases in the province and discussed the province’s ongoing response to the pandemic.
During the briefing, Yaffe announced that as of 4 p.m. on Monday, there were 525 new COVID-19 cases in Ontario, bringing the total number of cases to 15,381. In addition, there have been an additional 59 deaths in the province, which brings the death toll to 951 people.
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams and associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe provided an update on the latest COVID-19 cases in the province and discussed the public health agency’s ongoing response to the pandemic on Wednesday.
Ontario reported 510 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday and 37 additional deaths, bringing the provincial total to 12,245 cases.
The death toll has risen to 659.
Meanwhile, 6,221 people have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, which is 50.8 per cent of cases.
New Brunswick is reporting seven new cases of COVID-19 in the province Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 33.
Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Jennifer Russell says all seven new cases are travel-related.
She says the current testing regime is focused on testing those most at risk.
Russell says she expects more people to be tested once the province sees any cases of community transmission.
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코로나19 신규환자 334명 ‘하루 발생 최다’…전국 미사, 여행노선 중단
Alarming number of coronavirus cases here in South Korea.
The country reports over 15-hundred confirmed cases as of today… with a total of 13 deaths from the virus.
For the latest on COVID-19 in South Korea… we connect to our Choi Jeong-yoon on the line.
Jeong-yoon, hundreds more people were confirmed to have the virus.
Yes, Jiyoon, South Korea confirmed 3-hundred 34 new cases on Thursday.
This brings the total number in the country to one-thousand-five-hundred-95.
Since the country’s first infection on January 20th, this is the highest number of infections in a single day.
Most of the cases were in Daegu and the southeastern part of the country.
307 of the new cases are in Daegu and four each from the Gyeongsangbuk-do and Chungcheongnam-do provinces.
South Korea’s central region also saw new cases.
Six more in Seoul, three in Daejeon and four in Gyeonggi-do province.
South Korea also reported its 13th death on Thursday.
The 73-year old man from Daegu was one of the those related to the Shincheonji religious group.
He was tested for the virus last Sunday and the results came back positive on Tuesday.
He seemed to have no special symptoms other than fever and a cough… but started to have difficulty breathing on Thursday morning and died after CPR.
Due to the rapid spread of the virus, places and venues have been closed where close contact with other people is impossible to avoid. How are things going in that regard?
Seoul city has banned all assemblies scheduled to happen in the center of the city.
It has expanded the area where assemblies are banned to now include Jong-ro, so protestors won’t be able to gather in most parts of central Seoul.
Roads near Seoul Plaza had already been restricted.
The government said those who hold assemblies in the area could be fined up to 2-thousand-5-hundred U.S. dollars.
Amid the spread of the virus, all 16 dioceses of the Korean Catholic Church have halted all Masses.
Such measures are a first in 236 years of the Catholic Church in Korea.
The nation‘s railway operator Korail has also temporarily stopped lines that are mostly used by group tourists.
The lines include the O-train, which circles through central regions and the S-train, that runs along the coast of southern parts.
The number of national express buses to Daegu have also been cut as passenger numbers have plunged due to the outbreak there.
