The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Feb. 20, 2021. There are 843,301 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 843,301 confirmed cases (31,830 active, 789,841 resolved, 21,630 deaths).*The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers. There were 2,715 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 83.75 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 19,496 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 2,785. There were 54 new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 392 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 56. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.15 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 56.91 per 100,000 people. There have been 23,612,896 tests completed. _ Newfoundland and Labrador: 901 confirmed cases (437 active, 460 resolved, four deaths). There were 38 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 83.7 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 215 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 31. There have been no deaths reported over the past week. The overall death rate is 0.77 per 100,000 people. There have been 183,360 tests completed. _ Prince Edward Island: 115 confirmed cases (two active, 113 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 98,244 tests completed. _ Nova Scotia: 1,608 confirmed cases (18 active, 1,525 resolved, 65 deaths). There were four new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 1.84 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 16 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 6.64 per 100,000 people. There have been 310,559 tests completed. _ New Brunswick: 1,420 confirmed cases (88 active, 1,308 resolved, 24 deaths). There were three new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 11.26 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 22 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is three. 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 3.07 per 100,000 people. There have been 230,122 tests completed. _ Quebec: 281,456 confirmed cases (8,658 active, 262,506 resolved, 10,292 deaths). There were 769 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 100.97 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 5,576 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 797. There were 14 new reported deaths Saturday. 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 0.15 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 120.03 per 100,000 people. There have been 6,059,756 tests completed. _ Ontario: 291,999 confirmed cases (10,437 active, 274,714 resolved, 6,848 deaths). There were 1,228 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 70.84 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 7,112 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 1,016. There were 28 new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 197 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 28. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.19 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 46.48 per 100,000 people. There have been 10,442,332 tests completed. _ Manitoba: 31,329 confirmed cases (1,207 active, 29,240 resolved, 882 deaths). There were 94 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 87.51 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 642 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 92. There were three new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 16 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is two. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.17 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 63.95 per 100,000 people. There have been 515,740 tests completed. _ Saskatchewan: 27,438 confirmed cases (1,602 active, 25,468 resolved, 368 deaths). There were 193 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 135.91 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 1,049 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 150. There were three new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 14 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is two. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.17 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 31.22 per 100,000 people. There have been 553,092 tests completed. _ Alberta: 130,735 confirmed cases (4,803 active, 124,114 resolved, 1,818 deaths). There were 380 new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 108.62 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 2,195 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 314. There were six new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 43 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is six. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.14 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 41.11 per 100,000 people. There have been 3,331,615 tests completed. _ British Columbia: 75,835 confirmed cases (4,538 active, 69,970 resolved, 1,327 deaths). There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 88.16 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 2,633 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 376. There were zero new reported deaths Saturday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 29 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is four. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.08 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 25.78 per 100,000 people. There have been 1,857,754 tests completed. _ Yukon: 72 confirmed cases (two active, 69 resolved, one deaths). There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 4.76 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 2.38 per 100,000 people. There have been 8,029 tests completed. _ Northwest Territories: 42 confirmed cases (eight active, 34 resolved, zero deaths). There were zero new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 17.71 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of four 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 13,858 tests completed. _ Nunavut: 338 confirmed cases (30 active, 307 resolved, one deaths). There were six new cases Saturday. The rate of active cases is 76.23 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 30 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 2.54 per 100,000 people. There have been 8,359 tests completed. This report was automatically generated by The Canadian Press Digital Data Desk and was first published Feb. 20, 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.
