Ugh...no mas, por favor. Worldwide stats provided by worldometers put the global COVID-19 number of reported cases today at 31,850,306. (Deaths: 976,559 and Recovered: 23,449,907) I emphasize reported because there is a wide variance in testing and manner of reporting from country to country and place to place.
As of 6:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday September 23, 2020:
Health Canada reported 146,663 confirmed cases of COVID-19, to date. 10,525 cases are active, there have been 9,234 deaths and 126,904 people have recovered.
The official Province of Ontario website is reporting 47,752 total confirmed cases and 2,832 total deaths. Currently, there are 82 people are in hospital with 24 of those in ICU. 41,342 cases have been resolved.
Quebec continues to have the highest reported cases in the country with 68,617. (3,362 are active) Quebec case numbers are rising at an alarming rate.
The Region of Durham reported 2,063 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The site reports 1 current outbreaks (Hospitals, LTCF's and Retirement Homes) with 39 outbreaks having been "concluded." Clarington remains at 120 total cases. (None are in isolation, 112 are resolved and 7 people have passed away. Hospitalized currently: "1")
School and Child Care Center outbreaks are currently at "zero."
In international news,
President Donald Trump, in an address to the United Nations General Assembly, called on nations to hold China accountable for its actions that led to the global CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. “We are once again engaged in a global struggle. We have waged a fierce battle against an invisible enemy, the China virus," Trump said. (About time somebody did....)
From National Geographic, HOW WILL AMERICA’S STATE PARKS SURVIVE 2020? America’s state parks are majestic—but threatened. As Miles Howard reports in our article on looming funding cutbacks, cash-strapped state parks are facing an unprecedented year of pandemic and natural disasters. “The closure of Yosemite National Park due to heavy smoke from the wildfires in California sparked national attention. But another story is smoldering in the state: 34 of its 300 state parks have had to shut down due to the fires, which have brought additional pressure on public spaces already straining under a surge of pandemic crowds,” Howard writes. (Pictured above, a wildfire-damaged trail bridge in California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park.) Just as national parks have seen a record-breaking number of visits, state parks are seeing surges, too. In recent years, the nation’s 10,234 state parks have seen some 759 million annual visitors. “Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing numbers of Americans have been seeking relief from lockdowns by escaping to the great outdoors,” Howard reports.
J&J kicks off final study of single-shot COVID-19 vaccine in 60,000 volunteers. Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday kicked off a final 60,000-person trial of a single-shot COVID-19 vaccine that potentially would simplify distribution of millions of doses compared with leading rivals using two doses. The company expects results of the Phase III trial by year end or early next year, Dr. Paul Stoffels, J&J’s chief scientific officer, said in a joint press conference with officials from the National Institutes of Health and the Trump administration. Rival vaccines from Moderna Inc, Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca all require two shots separated by several weeks, which make them much more difficult to administer.
In national news,
Today, justin will address Canada to warn of the current COVID-19 situation. (No doubt he will make full use of his drama teacher background and insert all of the dramatic pauses and breathy vocal emphasis. I can no longer take him seriously, he reminds me of the Hall Monitor back when I was a young lad.)
The latest federal modelling shows that we could see up to 155,795 total cases and 9,300 deaths by October 2nd. That’s an increase of 10-thousand new cases and just under a hundred deaths in just 2 and a half weeks. The data was released by federal health officials on Tuesday afternoon and comes as there continues to be a surge in new cases of the virus across several provinces. Just how much of an impact will be felt from COVID-19 will vary greatly depending on the precautions in place. Canada’s top public health officials say they are preparing for a fall peak of COVID-19 cases, and say they there will likely be localized outbreaks until at least January 2022.
From Reuters, TSX futures rise ahead of Trudeau's address over COVID-19 outbreak. Futures for Canada’s main stock index rose on Wednesday ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement of a what he says is a far-reaching plan to address the economic pain due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Ontario,
Yesterday, Ontario reports highest number of new COVID-19 cases since early May. Ontario’s daily COVID-19 case count has risen to numbers unseen since the height of the pandemic in May when more than 500 cases were reported. Health officials reported 478 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, which is the highest daily total since May 2 when 511 cases were reported. The province also reported that three more people have died due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,832.
Ottawa imposes strict new self-isolation rules as COVID-19 cases rise. Ottawa has become one of Ontario’s COVID-19 hotspots, but they’re hoping new strict self-isolation rules and fines will help. The city’s chief medial officer of health announced new guidelines Tuesday and they’re effective immediately. Now, anyone who tests positive for the virus has to self-isolate immediately along with anyone experiencing symptoms of the virus. The same goes for anyone who is a close contact of a case or is waiting on their test results. If you don’t follow the new rules, you could be fined $5,000 for each day they’re violated. To read the full public health order, click here.
The provincial government says it is implementing the “largest flu immunization campaign in Ontario’s history” as part of a wider plan to prepare for a potential second wave of COVID-19. “We’ve been working through the summer to put in place a robust and comprehensive plan to tackle a potential, more challenging second wave of COVID-19,” said Premier Doug Ford. “It’s important that we prepare for any scenario in order to protect all of our citizens, especially our seniors and most vulnerable. Our government is doing everything it can to defeat this deadly virus, including delivering an unprecedented flu shot campaign to maintain capacity in our hospitals.” According to the province, almost $70-million will be set aside to purchase flu vaccines and deliver an expanded campaign this year. Around 1.3-million doses will be available to seniors. Long-term care homes, hospitals and retirement homes will get priority for early distribution of the flu shots. The province will also be allocating high-dose flu vaccines for seniors to participating pharmacies.
In local news,
Since Friday’s report, 43 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Durham. The health department doesn’t update the numbers on the weekends and said there was an error on Monday so they could not report numbers. Eight cases were reported on Friday, 19 on Saturday, seven on Sunday and 10 on Monday. Those cases add up to 44, however the total number of cases only rose by 43. It’s unclear if and where a case was taken away. To date there have been 2,063 cases reported in Durham and of those, 1,787 are listed as resolved. There are 95 active cases in the region. Ninety-one people are isolating at home and four are in the hospital. One of the people in the hospital is in the ICU. The regional data for the new cases is only available for 40 of them. Three cases are currently under investigation.
Here is the regional breakdown as of Tuesday:
Pickering — 659 total cases, 24 active (10 new cases)
Ajax — 563 total cases, 34 active (12 new cases)
Whitby — 249 total cases, 20 active (13 new cases)
Oshawa — 312 total cases, 10 active (three new cases)
Clarington — 120 total cases, one active (no new cases)
Uxbridge — 110 total cases, zero active (no new cases)
Scugog — 23 total cases, two active (one new case)
Brock — 12 total cases, one active (one new case)
(I sometimes forget just how large Durham Region is.....)
Musing,
"“"As long as you live, keep learning how to live."." (SENECA)
Do you believe that all of the reported Canadian COVID-19 deaths are the direct result of COVID-19, or do you believe the numbers have been exaggerated?
Did you know...in a bad flu season, approximately 4,000 Canadians die from the flu?
On this day in history, Billy the Kid arrested for first time.
On September 23, 1875, Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time after stealing a basket of laundry. He later broke out of jail and roamed the American West, eventually earning a reputation as an outlaw and murderer and a rap sheet that allegedly included 21 murders. The exact details of Billy the Kid’s birth are unknown, other than his name, William Henry McCarty. He was probably born sometime between 1859 and 1861, in Indiana or New York. As a child, he had no relationship with his father and moved around with his family, living in Indiana, Kansas, Colorado and Silver City, New Mexico. His mother died in 1874 and Billy the Kid—who went by a variety of names throughout his life, including Kid Antrim and William Bonney—turned to crime soon afterward. McCarty did a stint as a horse thief in Arizona before returning to New Mexico, where he hooked up with a gang of gunslingers and cattle rustlers involved in the notorious Lincoln County War between rival rancher and merchant factions in Lincoln County in 1878. Afterward, Billy the Kid, who had a slender build, prominent crooked front teeth and a love of singing, went on the lam and continued his outlaw’s life, stealing cattle and horses, gambling and killing people. His crimes earned him a bounty on his head and he was eventually captured and indicted for killing a sheriff during the Lincoln County War. Billy the Kid was sentenced to hang for his crime; however, a short time later, he managed another jail break, murdering two deputies in the process. Billy the Kid’s freedom was brief, as Sheriff Pat Garrett caught up with the desperado at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, on July 14, 1881, and fatally shot him. Although his life was short, Billy the Kid’s legend grew following his death. Today he is a famous symbol of the Old West, along with such men as Kit Carson, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp, and his story has been mythologized and romanticized in numerous films, books, TV shows and songs. Each year, tourists visit the town of Fort Sumner, located about 160 miles southeast of Albuquerque, to see the Billy the Kid Museum and gravesite.
In 1846, Planet Neptune is discovered.
German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovers the planet Neptune at the Berlin Observatory. Neptune, generally the eighth planet from the sun, was postulated by the French astronomer Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier, who calculated the approximate location of the planetIn 1946,
Have you ever....mistakenly sent an embarrassing text to somebody that it was not intended for?
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