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In Canada, severely affected by the so-called second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, yesterday exceeded the limit of 200,000 cases of contagion by SARS-CoV-2, while deaths from COVID-19 approaching 10,000, according to official figures from the provincial health services collected by the Canadian media.
About 80% of cases and more than 90% of deaths have been reported in the country’s two largest provinces, Ontario and especially Quebec, the epicenter of the pandemic since it began to spread to Canada last March.
Yesterday Monday afternoon Canada recorded 200,039 cases and 9,772 deaths, according to data collected by the public networks CBC / Radio-Canada and CTV.
However, the country of 38 million inhabitants it has proportionally five times fewer cases than its neighbors in the US. and about 2.5 times fewer deaths.
Canadian authorities announced Monday that the border with the US will be closed for non-essential travel at least on November 21, as part of the measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
In the Ontario and to Quebec, the second wave of the pandemic led to its closure again for several weeks indoor bars, restaurants, museums, entertainment venues and gyms.
Also, in Quebec citizens cannot receive more than one relative in their homes until October 28, under penalty of heavy fines.
On Monday, Ontario local government chief Doug Ford, advised children to “avoid going door to door” to ask for treats at the traditional Halloween party on October 31 in the most affected cities, such as Toronto or Ottawa.
“More or less everywhere, the authorities are making efforts to avoid the saturation of hospitals, which were subjected to severe tests in the spring, as the number of admissions of” seriously ill “people continues to rise,” said Dr. Teresa Tam, Chief of Public Health of Canada.
Canada records an average of 2,280 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection and 20 COVID-19 deaths a day, alarmingly high numbers compared to September, after the drop.
About 2.4% of the average 77,000 tests performed each week in Canada have a positive result.
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