The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Feb. 13, 2021. There are 823,353 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 823,353 confirmed cases (36,656 active, 765,469 resolved, 21,228 deaths).*The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers. There were 3,047 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 96.45 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 21,868 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 3,124. There were 66 new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 526 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 75. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.2 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 55.86 per 100,000 people. There have been 22,922,357 tests completed. _ Newfoundland and Labrador: 686 confirmed cases (288 active, 394 resolved, four deaths). There were 26 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 55.16 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 271 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 39. There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 0.77 per 100,000 people. There have been 157,097 tests completed. _ Prince Edward Island: 114 confirmed cases (two active, 112 resolved, zero deaths). There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 1.25 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of one 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 95,793 tests completed. _ Nova Scotia: 1,592 confirmed cases (10 active, 1,517 resolved, 65 deaths). There were two new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 1.02 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 6.64 per 100,000 people. There have been 300,593 tests completed. _ New Brunswick: 1,398 confirmed cases (161 active, 1,215 resolved, 22 deaths). There were 16 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 20.6 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 61 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is nine. There were zero new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of two new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is zero. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.04 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 2.82 per 100,000 people. There have been 223,163 tests completed. _ Quebec: 275,880 confirmed cases (10,533 active, 255,146 resolved, 10,201 deaths). There were 1,049 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 122.84 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 6,903 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 986. There were 28 new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 202 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 29. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.34 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 118.97 per 100,000 people. There have been 5,868,164 tests completed. _ Ontario: 284,887 confirmed cases (12,343 active, 265,893 resolved, 6,651 deaths). There were 1,300 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 83.77 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 8,169 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 1,167. There were 19 new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 168 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 24. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.16 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 45.14 per 100,000 people. There have been 10,121,997 tests completed. _ Manitoba: 30,687 confirmed cases (1,628 active, 28,193 resolved, 866 deaths). There were 99 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 118.03 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 529 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 76. There were zero new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 24 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is three. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.25 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 62.79 per 100,000 people. There have been 504,191 tests completed. _ Saskatchewan: 26,389 confirmed cases (1,950 active, 24,085 resolved, 354 deaths). There were 244 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 165.44 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 1,180 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 169. There were four new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 18 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is three. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.22 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 30.03 per 100,000 people. There have been 537,172 tests completed. _ Alberta: 128,540 confirmed cases (5,271 active, 121,494 resolved, 1,775 deaths). There were 305 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 119.2 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 2,124 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 303. There were 15 new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 70 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 10. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.23 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 40.14 per 100,000 people. There have been 3,277,825 tests completed. _ British Columbia: 72,750 confirmed cases (4,454 active, 67,008 resolved, 1,288 deaths). There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 86.52 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 2,606 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 372. There were zero new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 42 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is six. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.12 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 25.02 per 100,000 people. There have been 1,807,331 tests completed. _ Yukon: 71 confirmed cases (one active, 69 resolved, one deaths). There was one new case Saturday. The rate of active cases is 2.38 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there has been one new case. 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 2.38 per 100,000 people. There have been 7,854 tests completed. _ Northwest Territories: 38 confirmed cases (six active, 32 resolved, zero deaths). There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 13.29 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of six 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 zero per 100,000 people. There have been 13,038 tests completed. _ Nunavut: 308 confirmed cases (nine active, 298 resolved, one deaths). There were five new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 22.87 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of nine 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 2.54 per 100,000 people. There have been 8,063 tests completed. This report was automatically generated by The Canadian Press Digital Data Desk and was first published Feb. 14, 2021. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 14, 2021 The Canadian Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The body of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei — who died after being set on fire by her partner in Kenya — was received Friday by family and anti-femicide crusaders, ahead of her burial a day later.
Cheptegei’s family met with dozens of activists Friday who had marched to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital’s morgue in the western city of Eldoret while chanting anti-femicide slogans.
She is the fourth female athlete to have been killed by her partner in Kenya in yet another case of gender-based violence in recent years.
Viola Cheptoo, the founder of Tirop Angels – an organization that was formed in honor of athlete Agnes Tirop, who was stabbed to death in 2021, said stakeholders need to ensure this is the last death of an athlete due to gender-based violence.
“We are here to say that enough is enough, we are tired of burying our sisters due to GBV,” she said.
It was a somber mood at the morgue as athletes and family members viewed Cheptegei’s body which sustained 80% of burns after she was doused with gasoline by her partner Dickson Ndiema. Ndiema sustained 30% burns on his body and later succumbed.
Ndiema and Cheptegei were said to have quarreled over a piece of land that the athlete bought in Kenya, according to a report filed by the local chief.
Cheptegei competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics less than a month before the attack. She finished in 44th place.
Cheptegei’s father, Joseph, said that the body will make a brief stop at their home in the Endebess area before proceeding to Bukwo in eastern Uganda for a night vigil and burial on Saturday.
“We are in the final part of giving my daughter the last respect,” a visibly distraught Joseph said.
He told reporters last week that Ndiema was stalking and threatening Cheptegei and the family had informed police.
Four in 10 women or an estimated 41% of dating or married Kenyan women have experienced physical or sexual violence perpetrated by their current or most recent partner, according to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A rare Bronze-Era jar accidentally smashed by a 4-year-old visiting a museum was back on display Wednesday after restoration experts were able to carefully piece the artifact back together.
Last month, a family from northern Israel was visiting the museum when their youngest son tipped over the jar, which smashed into pieces.
Alex Geller, the boy’s father, said his son — the youngest of three — is exceptionally curious, and that the moment he heard the crash, “please let that not be my child” was the first thought that raced through his head.
The jar has been on display at the Hecht Museum in Haifa for 35 years. It was one of the only containers of its size and from that period still complete when it was discovered.
The Bronze Age jar is one of many artifacts exhibited out in the open, part of the Hecht Museum’s vision of letting visitors explore history without glass barriers, said Inbal Rivlin, the director of the museum, which is associated with Haifa University in northern Israel.
It was likely used to hold wine or oil, and dates back to between 2200 and 1500 B.C.
Rivlin and the museum decided to turn the moment, which captured international attention, into a teaching moment, inviting the Geller family back for a special visit and hands-on activity to illustrate the restoration process.
Rivlin added that the incident provided a welcome distraction from the ongoing war in Gaza. “Well, he’s just a kid. So I think that somehow it touches the heart of the people in Israel and around the world,“ said Rivlin.
Roee Shafir, a restoration expert at the museum, said the repairs would be fairly simple, as the pieces were from a single, complete jar. Archaeologists often face the more daunting task of sifting through piles of shards from multiple objects and trying to piece them together.
Experts used 3D technology, hi-resolution videos, and special glue to painstakingly reconstruct the large jar.
Less than two weeks after it broke, the jar went back on display at the museum. The gluing process left small hairline cracks, and a few pieces are missing, but the jar’s impressive size remains.
The only noticeable difference in the exhibit was a new sign reading “please don’t touch.”
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is partnering with a bear welfare group to reduce the number of bears being euthanized in the province.
Nicholas Scapillati, executive director of Grizzly Bear Foundation, said Monday that it comes after months-long discussions with the province on how to protect bears, with the goal to give the animals a “better and second chance at life in the wild.”
Scapillati said what’s exciting about the project is that the government is open to working with outside experts and the public.
“So, they’ll be working through Indigenous knowledge and scientific understanding, bringing in the latest techniques and training expertise from leading experts,” he said in an interview.
B.C. government data show conservation officers destroyed 603 black bears and 23 grizzly bears in 2023, while 154 black bears were killed by officers in the first six months of this year.
Scapillati said the group will publish a report with recommendations by next spring, while an independent oversight committee will be set up to review all bear encounters with conservation officers to provide advice to the government.
Environment Minister George Heyman said in a statement that they are looking for new ways to ensure conservation officers “have the trust of the communities they serve,” and the panel will make recommendations to enhance officer training and improve policies.
Lesley Fox, with the wildlife protection group The Fur-Bearers, said they’ve been calling for such a committee for decades.
“This move demonstrates the government is listening,” said Fox. “I suspect, because of the impending election, their listening skills are potentially a little sharper than they normally are.”
Fox said the partnership came from “a place of long frustration” as provincial conservation officers kill more than 500 black bears every year on average, and the public is “no longer tolerating this kind of approach.”
“I think that the conservation officer service and the B.C. government are aware they need to change, and certainly the public has been asking for it,” said Fox.
Fox said there’s a lot of optimism about the new partnership, but, as with any government, there will likely be a lot of red tape to get through.
“I think speed is going to be important, whether or not the committee has the ability to make change and make change relatively quickly without having to study an issue to death, ” said Fox.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 9, 2024.
