Latest News on COVID 19 Development in Canada Thursday, December 11th

Latest News on COVID-19 Development in Canada (Always Eastern):

7:04 pm

British Columbia has added an additional 737 to the total COVID-19.

Eleven more died, bringing the state’s surge to 598 deaths.

A joint statement by state health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix states that the Regent Christian Academy has declared a community outbreak.

According to Fraser Health, at least 30 people in private schools test positive for COVID-19 and remain closed until the end of winter vacation.

According to the statement, there are 9,589 active cases in the state and 342 are hospitalized.

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5:41 pm

Alberta reports 1,738 new cases of COVID-19.

There are also 18 new deaths associated with the virus, with a total of 684 deaths in the state.

According to the state, 684 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, of which 123 are in the intensive care unit.

Alberta continues to have the highest proportion of new daily cases in the country.

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2:44 pm

Authorities have reported 246 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.

According to the Ministry of Health, 133 people are hospitalized and 27 are receiving intensive care.

The average daily case in the state is 282.

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1:53 pm

Ontario is blocking the Windsor-Essex and York regions.

The state says there are moves to delay the spread of COVID-19 so that schools can remain open and protect hospital capacity.

The state says the blockade will come into effect on Monday.

The government also states that it will impose new restrictions on five other community health units.

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1:48 pm

Manitoba’s top doctors say COVID-19’s state mortality rate has increased more than nine-fold since Thanksgiving.

The state’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Brent Russan, today announced an additional 447 infections and 14 deaths.

According to Russan, First Nations people now account for one in ten deaths reported daily and half of their current hospitalizations.

Russan discouraged gathering with people outside his family on vacation, saying the number of infections was too high.

In Manitoba, the 5-day COVID-19 test positive rate is 13.8%.

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1:47 pm

Public health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have reported one new case of COVID-19, stating that there are 20 active cases in the state.

Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Chief Public Health Officer, said the state is asking all residents of Harbor Breton to book a COVID-19 test after three recent cases of illness have been identified in the community.

Health Minister John Huggy said the first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine will arrive early next week, allowing public health staff to develop a vaccination program within 48 hours.

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12:45 pm

Nova Scotia has reported nine new cases of COVID-19, and there are currently 65 active cases.

Five of the cases are in the Halifax region, two are related to travel outside the Atlantic Canada, one is in close contact with previously reported cases, and one is under investigation. is.

A school-based incident was also confirmed at Shannon Park Elementary School in Dartmouth.

Three cases were also reported in the western health zone and the other in the northern zone.

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12:30 pm

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada and the United States have agreed to extend the border closure for another 30 days.

Starting in March, the Canadian-US border, where non-essential travel is banned, will remain closed until at least January 21st.

Trudeau also says Canada is working to develop the largest vaccination campaign in the country’s history, but Canadians still need to play their part in reducing the COVID-19 epidemic. There is.

He says next month’s or next week’s vaccine won’t help anyone infected with COVID-19 today.

Winters are difficult and Canadians need to keep making sacrifices, he says, but front-line healthcare professionals have exhausted care facility staff and everyone needs to continue to play their part.

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11:35 am

Health officials at PEI have said they will begin vaccination of front-line workers and long-term care staff against COVID-19 on Wednesday.

Dr. Heather Morrison, Chief Public Health Officer, said he expects the first shipment of Pfizer vaccine to arrive in the state early next week.

The first clinic will take place at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown.

The state has not reported new COVID-19 cases today.

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11: 2 5 am

The Northwest Territories reports five new cases of COVID-19, all with Yellowknife.

Dr. Kami Kandra, Chief Public Health Officer, states that the four cases are in the same household and are associated with travel outside the territory.
Another case is related to overseas travel.

After the wastewater monitoring program finds undetected COVID-19 in Yellowknife, anyone self-isolated after November 30 will be required to take the test.

NWT has 5 active cases and 15 recovered cases of COVID-19.

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11:20 am

Health Canada has not yet approved the Moderna version of the COVID-19 vaccine, but Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer says the federal government has already included it in its distribution plan.

Dr. Teresatum says the dose will be distributed throughout Canada on a per capita basis, like the Pfizer vaccine approved this week.

However, the region said it wants to skip the first shipment of Pfizer vaccine because of how fragile it is and how complex it is to reach remote communities.

As such, Tam says he will receive most of Moderna’s vaccine to fill that gap and eliminate the need to travel to remote communities more often than necessary.

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11:10 am

Quebec reports 53 additional deaths associated with COVID-19 and the latest figures of 1,713 new infections.

According to the Ministry of Health, 6 of the deaths occurred in the last 24 hours, 36 occurred between December 4th and December 9th, and others were earlier or unknown dates.

Hospitalization increased to 871, increased by 23, and there were an additional 10 patients in the intensive care unit, for a total of 123.

Prime Minister Francois Legault and Health Minister Christian Duvet will hold a press conference in Quebec City this afternoon.

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11:00 am

Nunavut Territory reports 16 new cases of COVID-19.

Everything is in the Arviat community, where the total number of active cases is 56.

There are no other active cases in the territory.

So far, 189 people have recovered.

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10:50 am

Federal Health Minister Patty Haidu said the dose of COVID-19 vaccine to Canada will be divided into states and territories on a per capita basis, depending on the number of inhabitants.

She says the federal government has set aside additional allocations of vaccine doses for indigenous peoples living in reserve, where medical care is the federal responsibility.

For other indigenous peoples, including Metis, Indigenous and Inuit, who live in urban areas, they are considered part of the state’s population and are given access to the vaccine in a fair manner.

The National Advisory Board on Immunization recommends that adults in indigenous communities, where infections can have disproportionate consequences, be one of the priority groups.

Hajdu states that it expects these recommendations to apply at the state level as well.

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10:40 am
Dr. Teresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, said the forecast for COVID-19 cases in January next year is lower than it was two weeks ago.

She says stricter measures in Manitoba and British Columbia appear to be helping to control the spread of the new coronavirus in these states.

Nevertheless, Canada is projected to reach 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day by early January, which will be followed by an increase in hospitalization and mortality rates.

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10:35 am

Ontario today reports 1,848 new cases of COVID-19 and 45 new deaths from the virus.

Health Minister Christine Elliott states that 469 are in Toronto, 386 are in the Peel region, 205 are in the York region, and 106 are in Windsor-Essex.

The state states that it has conducted more than 63,000 tests since the last daily report.

With COVID-19, a total of 808 people have been hospitalized in Ontario, of which 235 have been hospitalized in the intensive care unit.

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10:25 am

Dr. Teresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer, states that the high rates of infections that are ongoing in the wider community lead to increasingly large outbreaks and spread within high-risk environments.

This includes hospitals, schools, correctional facilities, shelters, and long-term sanatoriums.

She says it is difficult to stop the spread of COVID-19 once it enters the home, so individuals and public health authorities need to work together to prevent these outbreaks in long-term care facilities.

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10:20 am

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer says there are currently more than 73,200 active COVID-19 cases in Canada, up from about 52,000 cases just three weeks ago.

Dr. Teresa Tam says more than 1 percent of Canadians have tested COVID-19 positive so far, despite more than 440,000 cases since the start of the pandemic in Canada.

She says it’s important to remind the majority of Canadians to remain susceptible to infections.

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10:15 am

Health Minister Patty Haidu said the advent of the COVID-19 vaccine will help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but Canadians succumb to prevent the spread of the disease because of concerns about an increase in cases. is needed.

She states that staying, wearing a mask when on the go, and using the federal COVID Alert app is still the best way to go.

Kaidu says Canadians need to stay away to save lives, especially during Christmas holidays.

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10 am

According to a new modeling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the Public Health Agency of Canada, the country is still in a “rapid growth trajectory” as more cases of illness increase.

The forecast released today predicts at least 90,000, and potentially 135,000, diagnoses by Christmas Day.

They also predict an additional 1,300 to 1,800 deaths in the next two weeks.

Health agencies say that if Canadians reduce contact with others to only what is essential, the curve can bend downwards, but if we continue, the pandemic in Canada will continue to worsen. Probably.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published on December 11, 2020.

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