Day: 16 August 2021

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of August 16, 2021, at 4:45pm EST.

On Monday, health officials in Mexico logged 9,295 new infections pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 3.1 million. Of the cumulative total, 78.6% are considered recovered. As of 4:45pm today, Covid-related deaths increased by 213, bringing the total number of fatalities to 248,380.

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Ontario Medical Association and Coalition for Kids call for mandatory vaccines for anyone working in a school

TORONTO – With the return to school approaching by great strides, the pressure on the Ontario government to make vaccination of teachers and non-teaching staff mandatory increases. Raising the voice is the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) with a statement signed by the president, Dr. Adam Kassam: “Schools should be safe places for everyone. That’s why we’re asking for vaccination for teachers and those who work in schools in addition to the mandatory use of masks inside and other measures when schools reopen in September,” Kassam said. (more…)

Ontario, 526 new cases today: only 350 are not vaccinated

TORONTO – There are now more than 500 new cases of Covid-19 in Ontario every day: today, Ontario health officials reported 526, after 511 on Sunday, 578 on Saturday, 510 on Friday and 513 in Thursday. Prior to Thursday, the province had not reported more than 500 cases in 24 hours since June 13, when 530 new cases had been registered. The seven-day average of Ontario is now 469, compared to 283 daily infections last week.  (more…)