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 and discussed the ongoing coronavirus outbreaks in long-term care homes across the province.
Yaffe announced 634 new cases of the novel coronavirus, marking the highest single-day increase in positive cases on Thursday and 54 additional deaths, bringing the provincial total to 12,879 cases. The reported death toll has risen to 713.
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British Columbia has reported the largest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases since March 28.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed 71 new cases of the virus on Wednesday, bringing the total to 1,795. Of those cases, 1,709 people have fully recovered.
Henry also said Wednesday that three more people had died of COVID-19, bringing the province’s death toll to 90.
But while the number of new cases spiked, hospitalizations maintained their downward trend.
B.C. reported 103 COVID-19 patients in hospital and 46 of them in intensive care.
Manitoba’s chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin and Lanette Siragusa, spokesperson for Shared Health, provided an update on the government’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday.
Roussin reported two new cases of the virus, bringing the total to 257. In addition, he said that all symptomatic workers in essential industries are eligible for testing, as the province has expanded its COVID-19 testing capacity.
Siragusa said that 25 health care workers in the province have tested positive for the virus, with four new cases in the past week. She stated that 15 of the infected individuals have recovered and returned to work, and that over 780 staff were tested in the past seven days.
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.
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw and other officials gave an update on the COVID-19 response in the province on Tuesday.
Alberta’s total number of COVID-19 cases has surpassed 3,000 and the number of cases linked to two meat plants in the province continues to rise as well, according to Hinshaw.
The doctor said the province has recorded 187 new cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 3,095. She said 401 of those cases are linked Cargill’s meat plant near High River and 77 to the JBS plant near Brooks. There are now 29 outbreaks confirmed at continuing care homes in Alberta that have resulted in 367 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Quebec Premier François Legault and provincial health officials provided an update on Tuesday about the province’s new COVID-19 cases and the government’s ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The premier announced that the province’s updated death toll now stands at 1,041, which includes an increase of 102 more deaths as total COVID-19 cases top 20,000 in the province. The majority of deaths — 850 — to date originated in the province’s long-term care homes, according to Legault. He said there were 80 such facilities where the spread of the virus is not under control.
The number of coronavirus cases in India has increased to 18,601 on Tuesday while the death toll has surged to 590, according to the latest data by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Of the total number of cases 3,251 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.
Coronavirus case tally has 3,000-mark in Mumbai as 155 more test positive, while the death toll has surged to 138 after addition of 7 fatalities, according to the civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
On a positive note, the doubling rate of COVID-19 has slowed from 3.4 days to 7.5. But, out of 100 cases, 80 per cent cases are asymptomatic.
The peak of community spread of the novel coronavirus in Ontario seems to have been less severe than anticipated according to updated provincial modelling, but public health officials say Ontarians must “stay the course” with COVID-19 restrictions.
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COVID-19 cases in India climb to the 16,000 mark with Maharashtra having the highest number of cases followed by the national capital Delhi. However, Gujarat has replaced Madhya Pradesh and is now in the list of top three worst-hit states with 1,604 active COVID-19 cases.
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Many new cases are springing up in areas where the virus was thought to be under control.
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams provided an update Saturday on the latest COVID-19 cases in the province and discussed the government’s ongoing response to the pandemic.
Williams reported that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ontario had surpassed 10,000 as 485 additional cases were reported Saturday morning. Thirty-six new deaths were announced, bringing the death toll in the province to 514.
He also stated that the Greater Toronto Area has over 56 per cent of the cases within the province, and that 108 long-term care homes in Ontario had COVID-19 outbreaks.
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw gave an update on the most recent COVID-19 numbers in the province and on the government’s ongoing response to the pandemic on Thursday.
The province reported 162 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the provincial total to 2,158 as of April 16.
“We did expect to see higher one-day case numbers as we expanded our testing,” Hinshaw said.
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said two more people died from the virus: a man in his 70s in the Calgary zone and a woman in her 80s in the North Zone. Both were residents of long-term care centres.
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Singapore authorities have now made it mandatory to wear a mask when stepping out of the house, with immediate effect. The new requirement was announced on Tuesday (Apr 14) at a press conference given by the multi-ministry task force tackling COVID-19. “We remain in a critical situation,” Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said, noting the sharp increase in cases, in particular, among foreign workers in dormitories. This is the full news conference and Q&A session.
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British Columbia’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provided an update on the province’s COVID-19 response on Tuesday.
Three more people, all of them residents of long-term care homes, died due to COVID-19 in British Columbia, Henry reported.
She also announced 27 new confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the province’s total to 1,517.
Henry reported one additional long-term care facility outbreak, which brought the number of care homes or assisted living facilities with ongoing active COVID-19 outbreaks to 21.
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil and the province’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Strang held a briefing Tuesday afternoon updating the latest COVID-19 numbers and detailing the province’s response to the pandemic.
Strang reported 43 new cases of the virus, marking the biggest one-day spike the province has seen so far, and bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 517.
He said 13 of the 43 new COVID-19 cases that were reported on Tuesday were from Northwood’s care facility in Halifax, where multiple staff and residents have tested positive. Strang said that all residents who have tested positive except for one individual were showing mild symptoms or were asymptomatic.
There are now over 5,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country as the Department of Health (DOH) reported 291 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the country’s total cases to 5,223 as of 4 p.m. of April 14.
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India hits the 10,000 mark as coronavirus cases reports sharp rise. Maharashtra followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu continues to be the worst-affected states.
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B.C. has recorded 11 COVID-19 deaths since Saturday, says B.C.’s provincial health officer.
A visibly emotional Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday the majority of those new deaths were linked to outbreaks in seniors’ care homes.
The virus has now killed 69 British Columbians — more than half of them in seniors’ facilities.
British Columbia confirmed 45 new cases Monday, bringing the provincial total to 1,490 lab-confirmed cases of the virus — about two thirds of whom have fully recovered.
More than 250 of B.C.’s COVID-19 cases are linked to outbreaks in 20 Metro Vancouver seniors’ homes.
As of Sunday, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 2173. This is an increase of 145 from the previously reported cases.
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Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer, and Lanette Siragusa, chief nursing officer for Manitoba Shared Health held the daily coronavirus briefing on Saturday.
Dr. Roussin announced 13 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 243.
The number of deaths remains at four.
Dr. Roussin said that eight individuals are hospitalized, five of them in intensive care as of Saturday morning.
He also said that the province is listing 96 individuals as recovered, leaving 143 as currently active cases.
