Worldwide stats provided by Worldometers put the global COVID-19 number of reported cases today at 104,420,647. (Deaths: 2,321,990 and Recovered: 78,080,109)
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 Sunday February 7, 2021:
Health Canada reported 801,507 confirmed cases of COVID-19, to date. 45,711 cases are active, there have been 20,702 deaths and 734,664 people have recovered.
The official Province of Ontario website is reporting 276,718 total confirmed cases and 6,483 total deaths. 15,269 are active. Currently, there are 1,021 people are in hospital with 325 of those cases currently in ICU. 254,966 cases have been resolved. The Ontario government has previously said that when 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.
The Region of Durham reported 11,005 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (342 active). Clarington rose to 806 cases, of which 32 are active. Hospitalized in Clarington currently: "3", total deceased: "12"
In international news,
Don't let the Super Bowl become COVID-19 superspreader, U.S. officials plead. Kansas City Chiefs superfan Ty Rowton hugged strangers in the streets of Miami last year after watching his team win the Super Bowl and then joined hundreds of thousands of fans back home at a victory parade, thinking little of a mysterious virus that his buddies were beginning talk about. The championship seems like a lifetime ago. Now the Chiefs are preparing to play in the Super Bowl again, and the virus has morphed into a once-in-a-century pandemic that has health officials on edge as fans congregate at parties and bars for the game. The nation's top health officials sounded the alarm this week about the Super Bowl being a potential superspreader event, and they urged people to gather with friends over Zoom, not in crowds. The Super Bowl comes as the U.S. sees a dramatic drop in new virus cases -- a sign that the infection spike from holiday gatherings is easing. The virus has killed more than 459,000 people in the U.S., but the seven-day rolling average for daily new cases went from 180,489 as of Jan. 22 to 125,854 as of Friday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
In national news,
(NOISE? NOISE? Peple are dying from COVID every single day and Justin calls it "NOISE"?) PM dismisses COVID-19 vaccine rollout 'noise,' vows Canada's on track. Seeking to reassure Canadians who are frustrated about the pace and scale of the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that people should not be worried about the “noise” surrounding the campaign, because the government remains “on track” to meet its targets. After a promising December start, Canada’s vaccine campaign has recently been plagued by delays and now it’ll be mid-February before shots are going in arms at the rates prepared for. Facing reduced shipments because Canada is at the mercy of major international pharmaceutical companies, the federal government has been under the microscope for several weeks now.
Government backtracking: Trudeau mistakenly claims Canada will receive 20M shipments of AstraZeneca vaccine. The federal government is now backtracking comments from the Prime Minister that offered a lot of hope in Canada’s troubled vaccination efforts, coming as Justin Trudeau tries to defend his government’s response to vaccine shortages. Government officials telling 680 NEWS that the Prime Minister misspoke after Trudeau said during his COVID-19 briefing that AstraZeneca would be fulfilling its full order to send around 20-million doses of its vaccine to Canada before the end of June. He made the comments during the question period, saying he had received assurance from the CEO of the drugmaker but officials with public service and procurement tell 680 NEWS that is not the case, saying the timeline will not be announced before Health Canada approves the vaccine. This comes as the Prime Minister is questioned about the country’s vaccine plan.
In Ontario,
(From 680 CFTR) Sources: Ford government considering extending stay-at-home order ahead of announcement next week. Ontario will begin to gradually reopen its economy next week, except in the GTA where stay-at-home orders will be extended for an additional week. Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce Monday that the state of emergency declared last month will be allowed to expire as scheduled on Feb. 9, government sources tell 680 NEWS and The Canadian Press. According to the plan, the province will have an “emergency brake” in place to allow the government to quickly move a region into lockdown if it “experiences a rapid acceleration in COVID-19 transmission or if the health-care system becomes overwhelmed.” The measure is meant to help deal with the risk posed by new variants of COVID-19, said the source, who was not authorized to speak publicly. The current stay-at-home order will remain in place in much of the province until each region transitions back into a colour-coded framework that allows the province to rank health units based on case numbers and trends.
Ontario to begin reopening economy next week.. Ontario is to begin gradually reopening its economy next week, starting with regions that have fewer COVID-19 cases. A senior government source told The Canadian Press that Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce on Monday that the government won’t extend a state of emergency. The source said regions will transition back to the government’s colour-coded restrictions system over the next three weeks. Toronto, Peel Region and York Region will be the last to transition back into the framework on the week of Feb. 22, but the source said any sudden increase in cases could cause the government to change its plans.
In small town news,
Ontario reports 1,388 new COVID-19 cases, including 9 in greater Kawarthas region. Regional active cases decrease to 106 with 4 new cases in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Peterborough, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
Musing,
Superbowl, or super-spreader? Guess we will see.
I bet post-Superbowl sick calls to work tomorrow will be at a record low.
Did you know....why a football is called a "pigskin?"
Have you ever...called in sick after the Superbowl?
WTF is ...............an NFL drop-kick? Just ask Canadian legend Doug Flutie.
On this day in history, The Beatles arrive in New York.
On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at New York’s Kennedy Airport—and “Beatlemania” arrives. It was the first visit to the United States by the Beatles, a British rock-and-roll quartet that had just scored its first No. 1 U.S. hit six days before with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” At Kennedy, the “Fab Four”—dressed in mod suits and sporting their trademark pudding bowl haircuts—were greeted by 3,000 screaming fans who caused a near riot when the boys stepped off their plane and onto American soil.
Today is - NATIONAL FETTUCCINE ALFREDO DAY - NATIONAL PERIODIC TABLE DAY - NATIONAL SEND A CARD TO A FRIEND DAY
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