COVID-19 Data

• COVID-19 project tracking long-term care homes halted due to lack of data

  The project run by the National Institute on Ageing launched in April 2020 and presents information about cases, outbreaks and deaths at long-term care homes.

  Health

  Jul 28, 2022
  
• Global COVID-19 cases continue rise for fifth week in a row, WHO reports

  Earlier this week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the pandemic still qualifies as a global emergency and he was “concerned” about the recent spike.

  World

  Jul 14, 2022
  
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• More than half of the U.S. has had COVID-19, antibody study indicates

  About 58 per cent of the U.S. population has had COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in 2020, according to a U.S. nationwide blood survey released on Tuesday.

  World

  Apr 26, 2022
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• Canadians have ‘unfinished business’ amid rising COVID-19 hospitalizations. Here’s why

  In the last week, Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and the Prairies have all reported an increase in hospitalizations from COVID-19 amid the sixth wave.

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2022
• Infectious disease specialist questions changes to COVID-19 data reporting in KFL&A

  According to a research specialist, there is a lack of transparency at the provincial level that has experts shaking their heads.

  Health

  Apr 13, 2022
• Global COVID-19 decline ‘should be interpreted with caution’: WHO

  New cases and deaths are falling in every region of the world, including the Western Pacific, where a surge of infections has triggered severe lockdown measures in China.

  World

  Apr 13, 2022
• Ontario COVID-19 numbers: 553 people in hospital, 157 in ICU

  The data signifies a drop in Ontario's COVID-19 hospital occupancy, while intensive care figures remained steady. A total of 157 people are in an Ontario intensive care unit (ICU).

  Health

  Mar 27, 2022
• Ontario reports 1,607 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths

  The Ministry of Health reported that out of 1,607 reported cases, 623 were among those who are unvaccinated and 864 cases were reported among people who are fully vaccinated.

  Health

  Dec 11, 2021
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• COVID-19 vaccine policies hampered by lack of demographic data, advocates warn

  Without good information from the provinces, certain groups may be left vulnerable to the virus and disproportionately punished by vaccine mandates.

  Health

  Nov 8, 2021
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• 78% of Edmonton public schools have COVID-19 cases; ‘We have an incomplete picture’

  Trustees wrote a "strongly worded" letter to the province, asking it to bring back contact tracing, mandatory isolation for close contacts and sharing COVID-19 data with schools. 

  Education

  Sep 28, 2021