Canada: Record for Coronavirus Outbreaks in Ontario

Its most populous province Canada, Ontario, recorded more than 4,400 confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 on Sunday, a record since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic.

Health officials said there were 4,456 cases and 21 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll from the disease to 7,552 in the province, which is hit by a third wave of the pandemic.

Faced with a sharp rise in infections, Provincial Government Chief Doug Ford last week decided to close out stores that are not fully operational for a month and instruct Ontarians not to stay home. except to buy basic items.

The province records an average of 3,573 cases per day in the last week.

In a video he uploaded to his Twitter account, a Toronto hospital doctor, Dr. Michael Warner stressed that the hospitals in the city do not have a sufficient number of nurses and specialists in intensive care and begged the authorities to try to bring aid from other provinces.

For its part, the Public Health Service of Canada said yesterday that people across the country and at all ages are infected, the incidence rate is higher in the age range of 20 to 39 years and that “the number of adults under the age of 60 years old who are hospitalized, including intensive care units “.

As of Sunday, Canada had recorded more than 1 million cases of SARS-CoV-2 and 23,313 deaths due to COVID-19.

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