Canadian coronavirus cases exceed 380,000, while the daily average death toll is 87 – National

Canadian cases of the novel coronavirus topped 380,000 on Tuesday after health authorities added another 5,326 new cases of COVID-19 and another 81 deaths.

The data, announced by public health officials across the country, pushed the country’s total COVID-19 cases to 383,132 and the virus’s death toll to 12,211.

To date, a total of 304,888 people – or 79% of all cases – have also recovered from the virus, while over 14,779,000 tests have been administered.

On Tuesday, Canadian Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Anita Anand, said the federal government has had frequent talks with several coronavirus vaccine suppliers to negotiate early delivery dates.

Health Canada is currently reviewing approval of four vaccines, with the government previously estimating an initial launch of six million doses – enough shots to fully inoculate three million Canadians – by the new year.

“The delivery window is by the first quarter of 2021 … I am negotiating with our vaccine suppliers every day for early delivery dates. So when Health Canada’s approval arrives, we will kick off the delivery process on as soon as possible, “said Anand.

Leaked patterns revealed on Tuesday also showed nearly 800 Albertans would be hospitalized with COVID-19 by mid-December, putting a strain on hospitals and intensive care units.

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Canada currently has over 2,600 hospitalizations due to the virus, with the number steadily growing along with the country’s cases and deaths.

Canada’s director of public health, Dr Theresa Tam, said in a statement Tuesday that the number of people suffering from serious illness continues to rise, with an average of 87 deaths and more than 2,250 people treated in hospital over the past seven days.

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Ontario recorded the highest number of new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with 1,707 more infections and seven new deaths. The province, which peaked at more than 1,800 daily coronavirus cases on Friday, shut down many of its hotspots last week to curb the rise of new cases.

In Quebec, another 1,177 infections and 28 additional deaths were announced by health authorities on Tuesday. The province has the highest number of COVID-19-related deaths in the country, which is now 7,084 after Tuesday’s increase.

Alberta also reported 1,307 more infections, pushing its total workload to 59,484. Ten more deaths were added Tuesday by health authorities, with the provincial death toll now standing at 551. Manitoba reported 282 more cases while Saskatchewan added 181.

BC added another 653 cases on Tuesday, three of which were diagnosed as “epi-linked,” meaning cases that showed symptoms and were close contacts of confirmed infections, but were never tested. A total of 336 patients are considered to be epi-linked in the province, while the death toll is 457 after another 16 deaths have been announced.

Several Atlantic Canadian territories and provinces have also reported new cases, with Nova Scotia adding 10, New Brunswick another seven, and both Newfoundland and Labrador and Nunavut only reporting one.

PEI and the Northwest Territories have not added any new infections, while the Yukon has yet to update its figure on Tuesday’s case.

Cases of the virus continue to rise worldwide, with 63,679,000 cases reported to date according to a tally held by Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 1,476,900 people have died from the virus so far, with the United States, Brazil and India leading both infections and deaths.

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