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Ontario set a new record for COVID-19 cases detected for the second time this week, with 2,432 new infections, as 23 more deaths were reported and intensive care unit occupancy and ventilator use continued to rise.

“Locally, there are 737 new cases in Toronto, 434 in Peel, 209 in York Region, 190 in Windsor-Essex County and 142 in Hamilton,” Health Minister Christine Elliott wrote on Twitter.

Ontario reported 2,139 new cases on Wednesday, a then-record of 2,275 on Tuesday and 1,940 new cases on Monday.

There are now 17,484 active cases of novel coronavirus infection in the province, up from 16,233 last week, along with 4,058 deaths and 127,425 recoveries.

Thirteen of the 23 deaths involved residents of long-term care homes. One those who died was between the ages of 20 and 39, Public Health Ontario said.

Provincial labs turned around 58,000 test specimens in the past 24 hours, generated a positivity rate when duplicates and errors are included of four per cent. Another 78,000 specimens remain under investigation.

Infectious diseases specialist and Ontario COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force member Dr. Isaac Bogoch said that the current lockdown in Toronto and Peel Region has not really had the desired impact.

“With all the challenges that it has, and all of the negative impact it has on businesses and individuals, it slowed the rate of new infection. But of course we haven’t really seen a real plateau and we haven’t seen the rates come down.”

He said the province must pull any “lever” it can identify that will get spread under control, or hospitals will be overwhelmed.

There were 919 people being treated for COVID-19 symptoms in Ontario hospitals on Thursday, down from 932 yesterday. But intensive care unit occupancy rose by 7 to 263 and 172 people were breathing with the help of a ventilator, up 15 since Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Ontario Hospital Association called Thursday for the province to enact a 28-day lockdown to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed.

“We ask for understanding and support as we reluctantly and with deep regret recommend that as a minimum, the government implement and robustly enforce a four-week lockdown in every public health unit with an infection rate of 40/100,000 population or higher.”

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario echoed this sentiment Thursday, calling for a province-wide lockdown.

Using 40 infections per 100,000 people as a threshold would mean the lockdown would encompass most of the urban areas in the province.

Toronto and Mississauga’s mayors have asked the province to enact a GTA-wide lockdown.

Elsewhere in the GTA, Durham Region reported 73 new cases and Halton Region reported 104 new infections.

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How many Nova Scotians are on the doctor wait-list? Number hit 160,000 in June

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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.

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Newfoundland and Labrador monitoring rise in whooping cough cases: medical officer

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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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