The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.There are 442,069 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 442,069 confirmed cases (73,225 active, 355,735 resolved, 13,109 deaths).*The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers.There were 6,739 new cases Thursday from 91,423 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 7.4 per cent. The rate of active cases is 194.8 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 45,800 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 6,543.There were 126 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 702 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 100. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.27 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 34.87 per 100,000 people. There have been 12,317,829 tests completed._ Newfoundland and Labrador: 354 confirmed cases (20 active, 330 resolved, four deaths).There was one new case Thursday from 507 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 0.20 per cent. The rate of active cases is 3.83 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there has been 14 new case. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is two.There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 0.77 per 100,000 people. There have been 65,840 tests completed._ Prince Edward Island: 84 confirmed cases (13 active, 71 resolved, zero deaths).There were zero new cases Thursday from 1,450 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 0.0 per cent. The rate of active cases is 8.28 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 11 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is two.There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is zero per 100,000 people. There have been 67,473 tests completed._ Nova Scotia: 1,393 confirmed cases (64 active, 1,264 resolved, 65 deaths).There were four new cases Thursday from 1,308 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 0.31 per cent. The rate of active cases is 6.59 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 50 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is seven.There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 6.69 per 100,000 people. There have been 157,619 tests completed._ New Brunswick: 546 confirmed cases (75 active, 464 resolved, seven deaths).There were four new cases Thursday from 502 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 0.80 per cent. The rate of active cases is 9.65 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 26 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is four.There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 0.9 per 100,000 people. There have been 107,435 tests completed._ Quebec: 158,310 confirmed cases (16,018 active, 134,910 resolved, 7,382 deaths).There were 1,842 new cases Thursday from 11,552 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 16 per cent. The rate of active cases is 188.78 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 11,778 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 1,683.There were 33 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 227 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 32. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.38 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 87 per 100,000 people. There have been 2,291,928 tests completed._ Ontario: 134,783 confirmed cases (16,233 active, 114,679 resolved, 3,871 deaths).There were 1,983 new cases Thursday from 59,788 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 3.3 per cent. The rate of active cases is 111.44 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 13,037 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 1,862.There were 35 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 159 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 23. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.16 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 26.57 per 100,000 people. There have been 6,554,562 tests completed._ Manitoba: 19,947 confirmed cases (5,380 active, 14,116 resolved, 451 deaths).There were 292 new cases Thursday from 2,437 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 12 per cent. The rate of active cases is 392.85 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 2,196 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 314.There were 13 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 98 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 14. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 1.02 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 32.93 per 100,000 people. There have been 371,441 tests completed._ Saskatchewan: 11,223 confirmed cases (4,682 active, 6,466 resolved, 75 deaths).There were 324 new cases Thursday from 1,571 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 21 per cent. The rate of active cases is 398.65 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 1,979 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 283.There were four new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 21 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is three. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.26 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 6.39 per 100,000 people. There have been 277,275 tests completed._ Alberta: 75,054 confirmed cases (20,163 active, 54,225 resolved, 666 deaths).There were 1,566 new cases Thursday from 5,964 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 26 per cent. The rate of active cases is 461.26 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 12,031 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 1,719.There were 13 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 91 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 13. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.3 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 15.24 per 100,000 people. There have been 1,547,298 tests completed._ British Columbia: 40,060 confirmed cases (10,525 active, 28,948 resolved, 587 deaths).There were 723 new cases Thursday from 6,184 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 12 per cent. The rate of active cases is 207.54 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 4,639 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 663.There were 28 new reported deaths Thursday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 106 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 15. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.3 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 11.57 per 100,000 people. There have been 859,644 tests completed._ Yukon: 58 confirmed cases (10 active, 47 resolved, one deaths).There were zero new cases Thursday from 28 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 0.0 per cent. The rate of active cases is 24.48 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of eight new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is one.There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 2.45 per 100,000 people. There have been 5,701 tests completed._ Northwest Territories: 15 confirmed cases (zero active, 15 resolved, zero deaths).There were zero new cases Thursday from 90 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 0.0 per cent. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of zero new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is zero.There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is zero per 100,000 people. There have been 6,781 tests completed._ Nunavut: 229 confirmed cases (42 active, 187 resolved, zero deaths).There were zero new cases Thursday from 42 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 0.0 per cent. The rate of active cases is 108.3 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 31 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is four.There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is zero per 100,000 people. There have been 4,756 tests completed.This report was automatically generated by The Canadian Press Digital Data Desk and was first published Dec. 10, 2020. The Canadian Press
HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government says it could be months before it reveals how many people are on the wait-list for a family doctor.
The head of the province’s health authority told reporters Wednesday that the government won’t release updated data until the 160,000 people who were on the wait-list in June are contacted to verify whether they still need primary care.
Karen Oldfield said Nova Scotia Health is working on validating the primary care wait-list data before posting new numbers, and that work may take a matter of months. The most recent public wait-list figures are from June 1, when 160,234 people, or about 16 per cent of the population, were on it.
“It’s going to take time to make 160,000 calls,” Oldfield said. “We are not talking weeks, we are talking months.”
The interim CEO and president of Nova Scotia Health said people on the list are being asked where they live, whether they still need a family doctor, and to give an update on their health.
A spokesperson with the province’s Health Department says the government and its health authority are “working hard” to turn the wait-list registry into a useful tool, adding that the data will be shared once it is validated.
Nova Scotia’s NDP are calling on Premier Tim Houston to immediately release statistics on how many people are looking for a family doctor. On Tuesday, the NDP introduced a bill that would require the health minister to make the number public every month.
“It is unacceptable for the list to be more than three months out of date,” NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Tuesday.
Chender said releasing this data regularly is vital so Nova Scotians can track the government’s progress on its main 2021 campaign promise: fixing health care.
The number of people in need of a family doctor has more than doubled between the 2021 summer election campaign and June 2024. Since September 2021 about 300 doctors have been added to the provincial health system, the Health Department said.
“We’ll know if Tim Houston is keeping his 2021 election promise to fix health care when Nova Scotians are attached to primary care,” Chender said.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 11, 2024.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador‘s chief medical officer is monitoring the rise of whooping cough infections across the province as cases of the highly contagious disease continue to grow across Canada.
Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says that so far this year, the province has recorded 230 confirmed cases of the vaccine-preventable respiratory tract infection, also known as pertussis.
Late last month, Quebec reported more than 11,000 cases during the same time period, while Ontario counted 470 cases, well above the five-year average of 98. In Quebec, the majority of patients are between the ages of 10 and 14.
Meanwhile, New Brunswick has declared a whooping cough outbreak across the province. A total of 141 cases were reported by last month, exceeding the five-year average of 34.
The disease can lead to severe complications among vulnerable populations including infants, who are at the highest risk of suffering from complications like pneumonia and seizures. Symptoms may start with a runny nose, mild fever and cough, then progress to severe coughing accompanied by a distinctive “whooping” sound during inhalation.
“The public, especially pregnant people and those in close contact with infants, are encouraged to be aware of symptoms related to pertussis and to ensure vaccinations are up to date,” Newfoundland and Labrador’s Health Department said in a statement.
Whooping cough can be treated with antibiotics, but vaccination is the most effective way to control the spread of the disease. As a result, the province has expanded immunization efforts this school year. While booster doses are already offered in Grade 9, the vaccine is now being offered to Grade 8 students as well.
Public health officials say whooping cough is a cyclical disease that increases every two to five or six years.
Meanwhile, New Brunswick’s acting chief medical officer of health expects the current case count to get worse before tapering off.
A rise in whooping cough cases has also been reported in the United States and elsewhere. The Pan American Health Organization issued an alert in July encouraging countries to ramp up their surveillance and vaccination coverage.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 10, 2024.
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