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November was the worst month for the pandemic in Alberta yet, with cases falling from 6,002 active COVID-19 cases on Nov. 1 to 16,628 cases on Nov. 30, an increase of 10,626. The number of hospitalizations also tripled this period. , resulting in a total of 479 patients in the hospital as of November 30, adding 97 in intensive care beds.
An Edmonton-area chief medical officer has already warned that Alberta’s hospital formula is putting “significant pressure” and adding ICU beds as it grapples with a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw advised Albertans to plan for a different kind of holiday season.
“We’ve noticed that holiday drives cause outbreaks,” he said Tuesday during his daily press briefing, suggesting that other people collect remotely or in small teams outdoors, albeit remotely.
Calgary hospitals want to conserve oxygen, but doctors worry that the call may simply be a wake-up call.
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“It won’t be the year of parties. It won’t be the year of open houses and big dinners with extended friends and family. “
From 7. 30 p. m. As of Tuesday, the number of COVID-19 cases in Canada stood at 383,468, of which 66,369 are active. A CBC News death count, based on provincial reports, regional fitness news and CBC reports, was 12,211.
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Ontario on Tuesday reported 1,707 new COVID-19 cases and seven new deaths from the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott said there were 727 new cases in Toronto, 373 in the Peel region and 168 cases in the York region. The province said it has conducted 34,640 tests since the last report.
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As of Tuesday, the province reported 645 COVID-19 hospitalizations, adding 185 in intensive care. (For more highlights on the latest COVID-19 numbers in Ontario, click here. )
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Quebec on Tuesday reported 1,177 new COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths.
COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen to 719, 98 in intensive care, according to a provincial panel.
Quebec Premier François Legault said his government will know in 10 days whether the COVID-19 scenario in the province will allow multi-household gatherings at Christmas.
In British Columbia, the province reported 656 new cases and 16 more deaths on Tuesday.
A B. C. parents’ organization pulled their children out of school for a day to protest the province’s back-to-school plan, despite the provincial fitness official highlighting low COVID-19 transmission rates in schools.
“We’ve had a lot of exposure events, but very rarely have they resulted in transmission, especially from a child to anyone,” said Dr. Harris. Bonnie Henry before Monday’s protest.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday that it’s conceivable larger gatherings could be allowed over the holidays.
Until Dec. 17, the number of people allowed in a family is limited to five. But Moe said if those restrictions start to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases in the province, they may be eased over the holidays.
The province reported 181 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 3,819 active. There were 4 other deaths.
In Manitoba, health officials reported a record 16 new deaths on Tuesday, adding 283 new cases to the province’s total. Half of the deaths are outbreak-like, adding 3 that occurred at Holy Family Personal Care Home in Winnipeg: two men in the 1980s and 1990s and more than 100.
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister spoke about how the vaccine will be distributed to Indigenous communities. He said it would be helpful for Ottawa to deal with who, what and when to vaccinate, while Manitoba could simply take care of where and how.
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In Atlantic Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador reported one new case of COVID-19 on Tuesday, while no new cases were reported on Prince Edward Island.
Nova Scotia reported 10 new cases on Tuesday, New Brunswick reported seven new cases, while public health officials announced that a widespread event in Saint John last month was to blame for 80 percent of the region’s 72 active cases.
In the north, only one new case was reported, in Nunavut. A mask order for indoor public spaces came into effect in Yukon on Tuesday.
According to the Associated Press and Reuters, last updated at 4:45 p. m.
As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 63. 7 million cases of COVID-19 had been reported worldwide, and more than 40. 7 million of those cases were indexed as cured or resolved in a tracking tool run by Johns Hopkins University. more than 1. 4 million.
In America, the United States entered the final month of the year hoping that promising candidates would soon be approved to prevent the immediate spread of the new coronavirus, after 4. 2 million new cases were reported in November.
New COVID-19 cases are more than double the monthly record set in October, as large numbers of Americans still refuse to wear masks and continue to gather on vacation, against expert recommendations.
While outgoing President Donald Trump’s coronavirus strategy relies heavily on a vaccine, a group of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will meet on Dec. 10 to discuss whether to propose to the FDA whether to authorize the vaccine. Emergency use of a vaccine developed through Pfizer Inc.
A second candidate from Moderna Inc. could stick around a week later, officials said, raising hopes that Americans could start receiving vaccines before the end of the year; Widespread vaccination may take only months.
On Tuesday, the FDA leader said after a White House briefing that federal officials would take the time needed to “get things right,” despite growing tension and growing frustration from Trump that approving vaccines is taking too long.
“No one at the FDA sits idly by. Everyone is working very hard to overhaul those programs and make them a reality,” Stephen Hahn, director of the Food and Drug Administration, told ABC in an interview on Instagram Live. Do it the right way. “
Trump has been furious with the FDA for not acting faster, attributing his defeat in part to the failure to develop a vaccine before the Nov. 3 election.
Meanwhile, Florida joined Texas and California in surpassing one million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. Ron DeSantis has pledged not to enact more restrictions or impose lockdowns like those implemented in Florida in the spring and summer.
In Rhode Island, where the number of cases is rising, the government has opened two hospitals with a total capacity of 900 beds to cope with the expected increase in the number of COVID-19 patients.
A fitness official said Alabama hospitals treating a record number of COVID-19 patients are bracing for a “wave” of new gathering-like cases.
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo of the University of Alabama at Birmingham says fitness systems can be overcome in two to three weeks. The Alabama Hospital Association says only 11% of the state’s intensive care beds were available Monday.
Brazil reported 50,909 more cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours (the highest number of cases since early September) and 697 new deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Vietnam on Tuesday reported two more coronavirus cases linked to a rare family infection at its Ho Chi Minh City shopping mall, while the government called on the public to be vigilant and take strict health measures.
The Southeast Asian country is back on high alert after the country’s first network infection in 89 days was confirmed on Monday, prompting the closure of several locations in the densely populated southern city.
The most recent cases can be traced back to a flight attendant, who remained in a quarantine center for five days before being released to isolate at home.
“The flight attendant brought the virus into the quarantine domain and then transmitted it to other people while they were quarantined,” Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said in a government statement.
“It’s the first time something like this has happened. The flight attendant seriously violated quarantine rules. “
Thanks to its strict quarantine and monitoring measures, Vietnam managed to temporarily control its coronavirus outbreaks, allowing it to resume economic activities faster than much of Asia.
Vietnam crushed its first wave of coronavirus infections in April and went nearly a hundred days without local transmission until the virus re-emerged in the central tourist city of Danang in July and spread widely before being contained within a few weeks.
On Tuesday night, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said Vietnam would suspend all incoming advertising flights following the new outbreak. The flights of some foreign experts doing business in Vietnam have triggered the pandemic.
In Europe, non-essential department stores in Belgium reopened on Tuesday following encouraging figures regarding declining coronavirus infection rates and hospitalizations.
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The government, however, fears that this upgrade could simply lead to mass gatherings in the country’s most popular shopping malls and streets. Over the weekend, quiet pre-Christmas festivities have already seen crowded scenes in several cities, prompting virologists to warn of the risks of reopening too soon.
Belgium, home to the 27-nation European Union, has been one of the hardest hit countries in Europe by the pandemic. Belgium reported more than 16,500 virus-related deaths in two outbreaks in the spring and fall.
Under the new rules, purchases must be made alone or with a minor or dependent. Dwell time in a store is limited to part of one hour. Restaurants and bars remain closed.
Meanwhile, France recorded 4,005 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, the smallest number since August, and hospitalizations remain elevated.
In the Middle East, Lebanon’s economy is facing a “difficult and prolonged depression,” with genuine GDP expected to fall by just around 20% as politicians refuse to implement reforms that could boost the country’s recovery, the World Bank said. Tuesday.
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He said Lebanon is temporarily forming a reform-minded government to make urgent changes. The collapse of the local currency has already led to triple-digit inflation. The World Bank’s dire projections, which add a 19. 2% drop in gross domestic product this year alone, come as Lebanon is going through the worst economic and monetary crisis in its modern history, posing a risk to the country’s stability.
The crisis began a year ago and has worsened with the spread of the coronavirus and the huge explosion at the port of Beirut, which destroyed facilities, killed more than two hundred people and caused widespread destruction.
Iran remains the worst-hit country in the region, with more than 975,000 recorded cases of COVID-19 and more than 48,600 deaths.
In Africa, malaria deaths due to pandemic-caused disruptions to facilities designed to combat the mosquito-borne disease will far exceed those caused by COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization has warned. South Africa remains the worst-affected country in Africa, with more than 790,000 recorded COVID-19 cases and more than 21,500 deaths.
With information from the Associated Press, La Presse Canadienne and Reuters
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