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Statistics Canada explains gender and sex gaps

TORONTO – Sometimes, like the Starship Enterprise of the 1970s sci-fi sitcom, a country’s official Statistics gatherer discovers data that supports or disproves long held assumptions. It is an expensive exercise, but at least it offers a “scientific” – numerical basis (justification) – for some public policy developments/responses to a country’s emerging problems. 

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 May 1, 2022, at 4:40pm EST.

On Sunday, health officials in Italy logged 40,757 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 16.5 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 91.5% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 105 Covid-related deaths for a total of 163,612 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

Ontario, fluctuating hospitalizations. Quebec reaches 15,000 COVID-19 deaths

TORONTO – 1,410 Covid patients present in Ontario hospitals today, 266 fewer than Saturday but 48 more than a week ago when they were 1,362. The data on hospitalizations, therefore, continue to be fluctuating, even if during the weekend not all hospitals provide updates. The number of patients in intensive care could therefore be even higher than that indicated today, namely 187.

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 April 30, 2022, at 7:30pm EST.

On Saturday, health officials in Canada logged 2,799 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 3.7 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 92.2% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 13 Covid-related deaths for a total of 39,243 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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 April 29, 2022, at 8:15pm EST.

On Friday, health officials in Italy logged 58,861 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 16.4 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 91.4% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 133 Covid-related deaths for a total of 163,377 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.