Canada did not report new COVID-19 deaths on Friday for the first time in six months. The last time the country reported deaths from the virus on March 15, when the clash in North America crashed, Reuters reports.
By Friday night, more than 6 million other people had taken the COVID-19 test in Canada, of which 2. 1% tested positive. On Friday, 702 new cases were reported, but no further deaths were reported, the Canadian Public Health Agency reported. .
As the numbers improve, “I am not forgetting how Canadians came here in combination to slow the spread of COVID-19,” said Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s director of public health, on Thursday. “We were physically separated from everyone from each other to plot the curve, yet we discovered new tactics to be in combination and connected, remotely.
Most cases, 80. 0% and deaths, 93. 7%, were reported through Ontario and Quebec.
Coronavirus deaths were higher in April and higher until July, according to the knowledge of the country’s fitness department, before it began stabilizing during the summer. 71. 3% of canadian deaths were over the age of 80.
Several Canadian provinces have begun to block restrictions as schools reopen for face-to-face courses, which has recently led to a build-up of cases.
Compared to the United States, its southern neighbor, Canada has had fewer infections and coronavirus deaths. The country has 137676 cases of COVID-19 and 9214 deaths on Saturday, at Johns Hopkins University.
By comparison, the United States surpassed 6. 4 million and 193,000 deaths on Saturday.