A new year renews concerns for hospitals grappling with COVID 19, experts warn
January 2, 2021
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA-The fraught, often frightening year of 2020 may be over, but experts warn the dawn of a new one doesn’t leave behind the troubles caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patients in multiple Canadian hotspots are flooding hospitals at an alarming rate and expected to arrive in even greater numbers in the weeks to come, doctors and health centres said Friday.
“If these rates of increase continue the way they are, the months of January and February are absolutely going to be brutal.
MONTREAL Quebec health authorities reported 2,381 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the province since the start of the pandemic to 197,311. Of them, 21,125 are active. Tuesday s updated numbers come as the province records its first case of the coronavirus variant from the U.K. Quebec is now recording around 2,200 to 2,300 new cases per day, Health Minister Christian Dube said at an afternoon news conference. There’s even been a slight increase over the past few days, he said. I must admit I would have liked to be here today with better news. Quebec also reported another 64 deaths linked to the disease on Tuesday, bringing the provincial death toll to 8,124. Of the latest deaths,17 occurred in the past 24 hours, 39 are from between Dec. 22 and Dec. 27, one is from before Dec. 22 and seven are from an unknown date.
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Infectious disease experts say the milestone should be a wake-up call. Jillian Kestler-D Amours, The Canadian Press
12/28/2020 04:34pm EST
| Updated December 28, 2020
Canada surpassed 15,000 COVID-19 deaths on Monday, and at least one infectious disease expert says the somber milestone should be a wake-up call to anyone who thinks the dangers of the disease are overhyped.
Quebec reported 37 deaths Monday, pushing Canada past 15,000. Health officials in that province said seven deaths took place in the last 24 hours, 27 occurred between Dec. 21 and Dec. 26, and three were from unspecified dates.
Alberta followed later in the day, announcing that 112 people died over the course of the holidays between Dec. 23 and Dec. 27, with a high of 30 deaths on Dec. 23 and a low of 17 on Christmas.