Month: 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 29, 2021, at 4:30pm EST.

On Sunday, health officials in India logged 43,368 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 32.7 million. Of the cumulative total, 97.5% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 527, bringing the total number of fatalities to 438,387.

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Ontario, vaccination passport is coming

TORONTO – After the no, no and still no repeated in recent weeks, Ontario Premier Doug Ford would be considering the implementation of a vaccination passport system. To report it to CTV News Toronto is a source very close to the provincial government who indicates the week just begun, as the one in which the official announcement of the creation of a system of vaccination certificates in the province will take place. According to the source who is well aware of the situation, the certificate “will be required in non-essential environments such as restaurants and cinemas”: mouth sewn instead on the parameters necessary to request the vaccination test and what form the certificate will take.  (more…)