Worldwide stats provided by Worldometers put the global COVID-19 number of reported cases today at 98,213,310. (Deaths: 2,103,101 and Recovered: 70,609,299)
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 Friday January 22, 2021:
Health Canada reported 731,450 confirmed cases of COVID-19, to date. 67,099 cases are active, there have been 18,622 deaths and 645,729 people have recovered.
The official Province of Ontario website is reporting 247,564 total confirmed cases and 5,614 total deaths. 26,063 are active. Currently, there are 1,533 people are in hospital with 388 of those cases currently in ICU. 215,887 cases have been resolved. The government has previously said that once the number of COVID-19 patients in the ICU exceeds 300, it becomes nearly impossible for health-care workers to provide care not related to the disease. Ontario has now surpassed Quebec in active cases.
Quebec continues to have the highest reported cases in the country with 248,860. (18,260 are active)
The Region of Durham reported 10,024 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (744 active). Clarington rose to 721 cases, of which 55 are active. Hospitalized in Clarington currently: "1", total deceased: "9"
In international news,
(Me, first right Doc?)Texas doctor charged after allegedly stealing nine doses of COVID-19 vaccine for family, friends. If convicted, Dr. Hasan Gokal, 48, could face a prison sentence of up to one year and a $4,000 fine.
In national news,
Canada deporting thousands even as pandemic rages. Canada deported thousands of people even as COVID-19 raged last year, data seen by Reuters shows, and lawyers say deportations are ramping up, putting people needlessly at risk in the midst of a global health emergency. Like many other countries, Canada is struggling to stop a second wave from spiraling out of control, and its political leaders are begging residents to stay home to prevent the spread. Lawyers and human rights advocates are decrying Canada’s November decision to resume deportations. Until now, the extent of the country’s pandemic deportations was not known, but recent interviews with immigration lawyers and scrutiny of government numbers has shed light on the situation. Canada counted 12,122 people as removed in 2020 – 875 more than the previous year and the highest number since at least 2015, according to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) data seen by Reuters. The government says this was necessary and done safely.
In Ontario,
(A real tragedy unfolding in Barrie...) 'This has to be the variant,' Barrie, Ont. long-term care home saw 55 COVID-19 cases in 2 days. A worker who had close contact with someone who travelled abroad was one of the first to be suspected of carrying a highly contagious coronavirus variant into Barrie’s Roberta Place long-term care home, health officials said Thursday. The worker followed all precautions, was tested regularly, but did not initially show symptoms. She went home to self-isolate immediately after showing symptoms, but it was too late. The infection spread through the home, with 55 people showing symptoms in the next two days, sparking an outbreak declaration. The speed of the spread caused alarm among local health experts, who thought something else must be at play. “It was very early on that we were certainly contemplating, this has to be the variant,” Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit Associate Medical Officer of Health Dr. Colin Lee said Thursday. As of Thursday afternoon, 122 of the home’s 130 residents have tested positive, along with 74 staff members whose infections are still considered to be active. Twenty-five residents have died so far and five others remain in hospital. The person who the worker considered to be the index case at the home travelled abroad but not to the home countries of the three known coronavirus variants of most concern – The United Kingdom, home of the B.1.1.7 variant, South Africa, the home of the 501Y.V2 variant and Brazil, where the E484K mutation was first detected. “The first case had close contact with someone who did travel outside the country and then came back and became ill while quarantining,” Lee said, declining to name the country due to privacy concerns.
(But, good news on the horizon, it appears) Ontario reports fewer than 2,700 new cases of COVID-19 as positivity rate continues to drop. Ontario health officials are reporting less than 2,700 new cases of COVID-19 as the province’s positivity rate dropped for the third day in a row. The province logged 2,662 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, as well as 87 more deaths related to the disease. With more than 71,000 COVID-19 tests conducted, Ontario Ministry of Health said the positivity rate for the province dropped to 3.3 per cent on Friday, the lowest seen since Dec. 12 when it stood at 3.2 per cent.
In small town news,
Students in greater Kawarthas region resume in-person learning January 25. Mandatory masks now expanded to include students in grades 1 to 3, targeted asymptomatic testing and enhanced screening measures will be in place. Ontario education minister Stephen Lecce issued a statement about school re-openings late Wednesday afternoon (January 20). “On the advice from the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the government is allowing seven public health units and over 100,000 students to return to class on Monday, January 25,” Lecce states. “Getting students back into class is our top priority.”
Musing,
Any guesses as to who is the current authority on COVID-19? Fucking nobody, that's who.
"Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving." (DALE CARNEGIE)
I researched the difference bewteen psychokenisis and telekenisis and the answer moved me. (Look it up yourself, lazy bum.)
Have you ever....noticed that when someone begins a conversation with "Now, just so you know, this isn't funny.." the topic is usually...funny?
WTF is ...............the Gruen transfer?
On this day in history, Lyndon Baines Johnson dies in Texas.
(Depending on who/what you beleive, LBJ knew of the JFK assassination, in advance.) On January 22, 1973, former President Lyndon Baines Johnson dies in Johnson City, Texas, at the age of 64.
Today is - CELEBRATION OF LIFE DAY – NATIONAL BLONDE BROWNIE DAY – NATIONAL SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE DAY
The Bank of Canada unclaimed balances portal can be found here.
COVID-19 vaccination approximate dates here.
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Here is how to clean your non-medical mask.
To book a COVID-19 test in Durham Region, click here.
Lakeridge Health Mental Health Clinic 905-440-7534 or toll free at 1-833-392-7363 (Monday-Friday 9am-4pm)
Live coronavirus map of Canada: Tracking every case of COVID-19 in the country.
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