COVID-19 cases in Canada down 80 percent, North reaches major vaccine milestone
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Canada’s average COVID-19 daily case count has dropped more than 80 percent since the peak of the third wave.
Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said the average number of people being treated for the virus in Canadian hospitals each day has also been cut by almost two-thirds since the peak.
“As of June 4th, 70 percent of the eligible population, aged 12 years or older, have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 9 percent have received two doses,” she said.
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Lieutenant-General Frances Allen, Canada s new vice-chief of the defense staff, and, right, Brigadier-General Krista Brodie, who is now in charge of Canada s COVID rollout. Photo by Sgt. Johanie Mahieu/Rideau Hall/File; Sailor 1st Class Anne-Marie Brisson/Canadian Forces/Handout via Reuters
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