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 July 7, 2021 at 6:00pm EST.

For the second day in a row, health officials in Bangladesh logged over 11,000 new infections. The last two days have been among the highest daily increases since the onset of the pandemic. Of the cumulative 977,568 confirmed positive cases, 87.0% are considered recovered. Since yesterday, Covid-related deaths increased by 201, a record high number of fatalities reported in one day.

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Back to school in September, a plan is missing

“Time is running out.” Using these words, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Kieran Moore has tried to get out of the hibernation in which it fell, the government that must ensure a safe reopening of schools in September. September seems far away, indeed far away, but eight weeks quickly pass while a plan to be implemented to kick-start the new school year is not mentioned. Continue reading→

Pressing on Premier Ford to anticipate Step 3

TORONTO – Pressure continues on Premier Doug Ford to bring forward Step 3 of the reopening roadmap. According to the roadmap wanted by the provincial government, the plan on the progressive relaxation of anti-Covid restrictions should comply with two pre-terms: one refers to the mass vaccination campaign in Ontario and the other on timing. The transition from Step 2 to the next is conditioned by the percentage of vaccinated throughout the province. Continue reading→

Denise, her mother on Facebook: “If you only knew how many beautiful people you have around…”

MAZARA DEL VALLO (Trapani) – She has launched many appeals in the last seventeen years, since that September 1st when her little Denise, only 4 years old, disappeared from Mazara del Vallo, in Sicily (Italy). Now the mother, Piera Maggio, addresses her directly and does so on social media, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with a message that moves the whole of Italy. Continue reading→

Denise, messaggio della mamma su Facebook: “Sapessi quante belle persone hai intorno…”

MAZARA DEL VALLO (Trapani) – Di appelli ne ha lanciati tanti, negli ultimi diciassette anni, da quel 1° settembre in cui la sua piccola Denise, di soli 4 anni, scomparve nel nulla. Adesso la mamma, Piera Maggio, si rivolge direttamente a lei e lo fa sui socials, Facebook, Instagram e Twitter, con un messaggio (qui sopra) che commuove l’Italia intera. Continue reading→

In Ontario 164 nuovi contagiati e 9 decessi, neopositivi ai minimi

TORONTO – Il Canada si è attestato ieri a quota 1.418.040 positivi, con un aumento di 625 contagi in più rispetto alle 24 ore precedenti. Le vittime – su scala nazionale – hanno raggiunto ieri quota 26.379 decessi complessivi, 16 in più rispetto alla giornata di lunedì. In Canada erano ieri 1.386.058 in totale le persone guarite dal coronavirus. Nel frattempo, l’Ontario raggiungeva ieri quota 546.217 positivi complessivi, con un aumento… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Il Covid torna a far paura nelle LTC, un morto

TORONTO – Nelle case di cura dell’Ontario si torna a morire. Non ce l’ha fatta un residente di The Village of Tansley Woods Long-Term Care Home che aveva contratto il Covid-19, la variante Delta per essere precisi. Oltre a un membro del personale sono ora 15 i contagi tra gli anziani della casa di cura di Burlington. Nonostante il 96% dei residenti della LTC siano completamente vaccinati, il virus è riuscito a farsi strada nella struttura. “Con grande dolore, lo staff di Tansley Woods sta affrontando… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>