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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of September 1, 2021, at 4:30pm EST.

On Wednesday, health officials in Canada logged 1,357 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 1.5 million. Of the cumulative total, 96.1% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 15, bringing the total number of fatalities to 26,947.

Globally, over 218 million cases have confirmed positive for Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 195 million people have recovered. Fatalities attributable to Covid-19 now surpass 4.5 million worldwide.

According to health officials in Ontario, 6 of the 13 Covid-related fatalities reported on September 1, occurred more than two months ago.