TORONTO Alberta is now reporting the highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita in all of Canada and the United States. According to CTVNews.ca s tracker, there have been an average of 440.5 daily cases per million people in the last seven days, more than any other province or territory in Canada as well as every U.S. state. Cases had been trending upward since March and continue to climb. The province broke its daily COVID-19 record for the third day in a row on Saturday when it reported 2,433 new infections. On Sunday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province s chief medical officer of health, said there were 1,731 new cases. On Monday, the province reported 2,012 new cases.
TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) Alberta is now reporting the highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita in all of Canada and the United States.
According to CTVNews.ca‘s tracker, there have been an average of 423.8 daily cases per million people in the last seven days, more than any other province or territory in Canada as well as every U.S. state. Cases had been trending upward since March and continue to climb.
The province broke its daily COVID-19 record for the third day in a row on Saturday when it reported 2,433 new infections. On Sunday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said there were 1,731 new cases.
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Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for April 15, 2021.
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The extension of COVID-19 restrictions on indoor dining and group fitness into May is not enough to prevent the spread of variants of concern, critics say, as calls grow for tougher measures including a crackdown on interprovincial travel.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday expressed support for provinces and territories closing their borders to limit the spread of the virus.
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“I’ve been supporting premiers and territorial leaders on what they need to do to keep people safe,” the prime minister said in an interview with CBC’s Daybreak South. “As we saw with the Atlantic bubble, as we saw with the the Arctic territories, they make decisions around closing off the regions. That is something that we are supportive of.”
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