Category: Covid-19 Updates

Torna a salire la presenza del virus nelle acque reflue

TORONTO – Parlare di nuova (ennesima) ondata di Covid-19, è forse prematuro, ma i segnali ci sono tutti: nelle ultime settimane avevamo asssistito ad una ripresa dei ricoveri ma il numero esiguo di tamponi effettuati (riservati alle sole categorie “a rischio”) non aveva consentito un tracciamento esaustivo dei contagi. C’è però un dato dal quale non si scappa: la presenza del virus nelle acque reflue… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Ontario, the presence of the virus in the wastewater is rising again

TORONTO – Talking about a new (nth) wave of Covid-19 is perhaps premature, but the signs are all there: in recent weeks we had witnessed a rising of hospitalizations but the small number of swabs performed (reserved only for “at risk” categories) “) had not allowed an exhaustive tracing of the infections. However, there is one fact from which there is no escape: the presence of the virus in wastewater.  (more…)

Covid-19, another 8 deaths in Ontario. And the descent of the infections slows down

TORONTO – The virus does not give up. Today, in Ontario, another 8 deaths related to Covid-19, bringing the total in the province, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 13,351. Even the number of hospitalizations, like yesterday, is not very comforting: there are still 506 patients with the virus in Ontario hospitals, so the drop is slight (yesterday they were 512, a week ago 522) compared to two weeks ago when hospitalizations had dropped by 34.9%, from 808 to 526. Now it remains around 500, a sign that the descent has slowed down.  (more…)