Canada surges from 500,000 to 600,000 COVID-19 instances in two weeks
04 January, 2021
Canada surpassed the grim milestone of 600,000 coronavirus cases Sunday, fourteen days after passing half of a million, underscoring the pandemic's persistence in the country during the end-of-year holiday period.
On Sunday afternoon, Canada recorded 601,314 COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic and 15,860 deaths, according to info from provinces and territories reported by simply the general public television station CBC.
Ontario, Canada's most populous province, recorded 2,964 new cases in 24 hours on Sunday, and Quebec registered 2,869, a fresh daily record for the French-speaking province, which also has the country's highest loss of life toll.
There were 4,650 COVID-19 deaths to date in Ontario and 8,347 in Quebec.
Canada, a country of around 38 million, did not reach its first 100,000 circumstances until mid-June, 90 days after it recorded its first COVID-19 diagnoses.
Certain provinces, including Ontario and Quebec, imposed lockdown measures in multiple regions through the end-of-year holidays.
Giving an answer to widespread concerns about people traveling to sunny places in defiance of official instruction, the government announced the other day that anyone arriving in Canada is required to test detrimental for the virus.
Canadian authorities are actually strongly advising against non-essential travel abroad so that you can stem the spread of the condition -- advice that some elected officials have ignored.
Ontario financing minister Rod Phillips was first forced to resign because of backlash over a getaway he took to the Caribbean.
Over the past couple of days, more than half twelve associates of Parliament and politicians have admitted to holiday trips abroad.
Some have apologized.
Source: japantoday.com
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