Month: June 2021

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide


Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of June 29, 2021 at 4:25pm EST.

On Tuesday, health officials in Spain logged 7,091 new infections, the highest single day increase since early May. The total number of confirmed positive cases approach 3.8 million. Of the cumulative total, 94.7% are considered recovered. Since yesterday, Covid-related deaths increased by 40, bringing the country’s total fatalities to 80,829.

Globally, over 181 million cases have confirmed positive for Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 166 million people have recovered. Fatalities attributable to Covid-19 now surpass 3.9 million worldwide.

Bangladesh has not updated the status of Covid-19 cases since June 28, 2021.

Viruses and suspects: Rota challenges Trudeau about scientists fired in Winnipeg

TORONTO – Anthony Rota challenges Justin Trudeau. The battleground is the controversial story surrounding the dismissal of two virologists of Chinese origin from the National Microbiology Laboratory, a maximum-security laboratory in Winnipeg where lethal viruses such as Ebola are studied. This tug-of-war, which has been developing for several weeks, has gone a little undertrack but is likely to lead to a serious institutional crisis between the legislative and executive powers here in Canada in the near future. (more…)

Se derrite el oeste canadiense

La postal tradicional de Canadá muestra un país con increíbles paisajes nevados; sin embargo, estos días el calor en el oeste canadiense se siente mucho más que en algunas playas latinoamericanas, como Puerto Vallarta y Puerto Escondido, en México, y Punta Cana, en República Dominicana, e incluso en Dubai. (more…)