Worldwide stats provided by Worldometers put the global COVID-19 number of reported cases today at 115,372,434. (Deaths: 2,562,222 and Recovered: 91,169,894)
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 March 3, 2021:
Health Canada reported 872,747 confirmed cases of COVID-19, to date. 30,252 cases are active, there have been 22,045 deaths and 820,450 people have recovered.
The official Province of Ontario website is reporting 302,805 total confirmed cases and 6,997 total deaths. 10,546 are active. Currently, there are 677 people are in hospital with 284 of those cases currently in ICU. 285,262 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 11,910 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (234 active). Clarington rose to 890 (a one day jump of 9 cases!) cases, of which 26 are active. Hospitalized in Clarington currently: "2", total deceased: "15"
In international news,
With 14,989 fresh Covid-19 infections, India's active cases surge past 1.7 lakh. On Tuesday, India's active cases were around 1.68 lakh. But in the last 24 hours, India reported more infections than recoveries. A day after recording daily infections around 12,000, India on Wednesday registered a little spike in daily infection reporting 14,989 new cases in the last 24 hours. On Tuesday, the 24-hour infection tally was at 12,286. Recoveries reached 10,812044 with 13,123 recoveries reported in the past 24 hours. With an infection tally higher than the recovery, India's active caseload on Wednesday stood at 1,70,126. (Incidentally, India's government is allowing its hospitals to adminster the vaccine 24-7, true story. Compare that to Canada, where the lack of vaccine roll out is scandalous.)
In national news,
(One can only hope) More signals of a Roaring '20s rebound for Canadian economy when pandemic ends. Despite economic crash, savings surge as consumer confidence hits 3-year high. Gloomy headlines about the collapse of the Canadian economy, which faced its worst retreat since records began, may have obscured some startling new evidence for a strong rebound. As we reported on Tuesday, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic put Canada's economy into a tailspin, making 2020 the worst year on record, with gross domestic product declining by 5.4 per cent. But other data out this week, including some buried amidst those latest bleak GDP numbers, tells a different story. It shows that high levels of savings and government income support have bolstered the economic well-being of households — notably among the youngest groups and those with lower incomes. At the same time, one fresh measure of consumer confidence shows Canadians more willing to go out and spend than at any time since 2018. It all adds a little more evidence to the widely touted theory that, just like following the 1918 flu pandemic, the Canadian economy is heading for something like the Roaring Twenties — a period of economic, social and artistic innovation as people break out of cabin-fever mode.
In Ontario,
(Good news if you are under 65, but....) Ontario to follow NACI recommendation on AstraZeneca COVID vaccines. Ontario will hold off on giving AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine to those 65 years and older. Health Minister Christine Elliot said on Tuesday the province will be acting on the National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s recommendation to only give that shot to those under the age of 65. Elliot also said the province is waiting on a recommendation from the NACI on expanding the minimum time needed between doses. The move would see the time between shots pushed by up to 16 weeks, drastically increasing the number of people who would be able to get their first inoculation.
Ontario's daily COVID-19 case count falls for fifth straight day. Ontario reported 966 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday along with 11 more deaths, extending a slow downward trend in new cases to five days, albeit on significantly lower testing volume. “Locally, there are 253 new cases in Toronto, 223 in Peel and 99 in York Region,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Twitter. Ontario reported 1,023 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, 1,062 on Sunday and 1,185 on Saturday, and a recent high 1.258 new cases on Friday.
In small town news,
Coronavirus Outbreak At Caressant Care McLaughlin Road In Lindsay Declared Over. Some good news for residents at Caressant Care on MacLaughlin Road in Lindsay. Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH) and Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes LTD, in consultation with the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Public Health Unit, have declared an end to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Caressant Care on McLaughlin this morning. No new infections have occurred over the past 14 days. “We are relieved this day has come,” says Veronica Nelson, RMH’s executive lead, who has been providing leadership to the home since February 6. “Everyone worked as a team to get this outbreak under control. This was truly a collaborative effort amongst Caressant Care staff, Hospital staff, agency staff and our essential caregivers. We can now focus on the important work of prevention, and bringing back activities and services our residents enjoy. We can also begin to welcome back our essential caregivers.” Caressant Care on McLaughlin (CCM) declared an outbreak on January 9, 2021, which quickly spread within the home.
Musing,
I wonder what the enrolment numbers in youth sports will look like when this is all over. Will enrolment soar? Or will they drop with the kids having already found alternate sources of exercise and activities? And, to that end, add a dose of modern day over-protective, helicopter parents to the mix. I guess we will see.
"Once you stop learning, you start dying." (EINSTEIN)
Did you know....racoon bites and injuries have spiked in the GTA since the pandeminc began?
Have you ever...seen a flash mob? (If you don't know what that is, go back to your early morning home delivery newspaper and Jeapordy)
WTF is ...............mulled wine? (Best I ever had was in St. Lucia)
On this day in history, 1875, First indoor game of ice hockey.
On March 3, 1875, indoor ice hockey makes its public debut in Montreal, Quebec. After weeks of training at the Victoria Skating Rink with his friends, Montreal resident James Creighton advertised in the March 3 edition of the Montreal Gazette that “A game of hockey will be played in the Victoria Skating Rink this evening between two nines chosen from among the members.” Prior to the move indoors, ice hockey was a casual outdoor game, with no set dimensions for the ice and no rules regarding the number of players per side. The Victoria Skating Rink was snug, so Creighton limited the teams to nine players each. Hockey, traditionally played on grass with a stick and a ball, has its roots in ancient Greece, Egypt and Persia. In this form, the game spread north to Europe and then west to the Americas, and is still popular in the Southern Hemisphere as well as in North America, where it is called field hockey. North America’s indigenous people were playing games with a stick and ball long before the French and English crossed the Atlantic. Cherokee, Ojibwe and Mohawk tribes all had different names for what the French branded “lacrosse,” as did the Iroquois native to Quebec. Meanwhile, ice skating was popularized by skating on sharpened animal shinbones in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, and games played on ice included a Dutch version of golf and an on-ice version of hurling, an Irish stick-and-ball game.
On this day in 2005, Steve Fossett became the first person to fly a non-stop solo flight around the world, without refueling. Sadly, he would later go missing in 2007 during a solo flight in the Nevada desert.
Today is - NATIONAL ANTHEM DAY - NATIONAL COLD CUTS DAY - NATIONAL I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY DAY - NATIONAL MULLED WINE DAY - NATIONAL SOUP IT FORWARD DAY
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