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[Victoria Watcher]

Quebec is reporting 105 new infections and six more deaths related to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis Tuesday.

 

https://globalnews.c...9-june-15-2021/

 

 

 

 

Ontario is reporting 296 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the lowest daily case count recorded since mid-September. The provincial total now stands at 540,426.  Tuesday’s case count is the smallest increase in new cases since Sept. 17 when 293 new cases were recorded. It is also the 9th straight day cases are below 600.

https://globalnews.c...15-coronavirus/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 June 2021 - 07:38 AM.

[amor de cosmos]

The Yukon’s acting Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Catherine Elliott, has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in Whitehorse.
 
The territory is reporting 10 new cases since Friday and there are now 21 active cases in the territory.
 
“We declare an outbreak when a group of cases occur in a common location or people who share affiliations such as high school students,” she said at a press conference on Monday.

https://www.aptnnews...itehorse-yukon/
 

Mérida, June 14, 2021 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan government has accused Washington of lobbying international banks to block payments to the United Nations’ COVAX program, hindering the supply of Covid-19 vaccines.
 
The accusations come after COVAX authorities informed Venezuela’s UN Ambassador Héctor Constant Rosales that the Swiss-based UBS Bank had “blocked” and is “investigating” at least four outstanding transfers. COVAX reported a US $10 million outstanding deficit to complete Venezuela’s $120 million payment for 11 million vaccine doses, which cannot be dispatched until the funds are received. Caracas has reiterated that the full amount has been sent.
 
While the COVAX letter does not specify the cause of the bank’s decision to block the funds, an unnamed UBS spokesperson reportedly told The Associated Press that the bank “adheres to applicable legal and regulatory requirements in all jurisdictions, including respective sanction regimes such as the sanctions currently imposed by Switzerland, the UK, the EU and the United States.”

https://venezuelanal....com/news/15231
 
Some Hospitals Kept Suing Patients Over Medical Debt Through the Pandemic
Court actions by hospitals to collect patient debt dropped sharply during the pandemic. But a new study says some of the nation’s largest hospital systems kept filing lawsuits, liens and garnishments — and most were nonprofit.
long & detailed
https://www.propubli...gh-the-pandemic

[Matt R.]

New PHO for restaurants and events is out today.

Tl;dr not much is changing. Midnight cut off for liquor, patrons can get up to play darts or pool, and no more “requirement” for contact tracing, increased capacity for gatherings indoors.

https://mcuserconten...ne_15_final.pdf

Matt.

[Ismo07]

i know it's a monday so numbers are a bit depressed.

 

but 20 US states will record zero deaths today.  only 6 will have double-digit deaths.

 

Maybe 45% is close to herd immunity for this?  Well plus those who have survived I guess helps reduce cases.  Florida seems to be around the same level as they were a year ago before it really ramped up.  Fingers crossed they keep improving.

[todd]

New PHO for restaurants and events is out today.

Tl;dr not much is changing. Midnight cut off for liquor, patrons can get up to play darts or pool, and no more “requirement” for contact tracing, increased capacity for gatherings indoors.

https://mcuserconten...ne_15_final.pdf

Matt.

 

Darts in pubs always scare me.

 

 

Todd.

Edited by todd, 15 June 2021 - 10:14 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

Quebec is reporting 105 new infections and six more deaths related to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis Tuesday.

 

https://globalnews.c...9-june-15-2021/

 

 

 

 

Ontario is reporting 296 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the lowest daily case count recorded since mid-September. The provincial total now stands at 540,426.  Tuesday’s case count is the smallest increase in new cases since Sept. 17 when 293 new cases were recorded. It is also the 9th straight day cases are below 600.

https://globalnews.c...15-coronavirus/

 

 

 

Daily COVID-19 cases still lowest since April in Manitoba with 116 new infections

https://winnipeg.ctv...7?autoPlay=true

 

 

Canada only had 1,157 new infections yesterday.  Today we might be under 800.  That would be similar to about September 16th, 2020.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 June 2021 - 10:29 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Daily COVID-19 cases still lowest since April in Manitoba with 116 new infections

https://winnipeg.ctv...7?autoPlay=true

 

 

 

Canada only had 1,157 new infections yesterday.  Today we might be under 800.  That would be similar to about September 16th, 2020.

 

There are 47 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 15, bringing the provincial total to 48,043 cases. 

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The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 70 (5.7 per 100,000).  This is the lowest seven-day average since November 1, 2020. 

 

https://discoverhumb...covid-19-update

[Victoria Watcher]

BC 108.

[Greg]

Basically no country in the world vaccinating faster than Canada at this point:

 

[Mike K.]

Isn’t that because other jurisdictions are ramping down their vaccination rates?

[Greg]

Not intentionally. Maybe due to vaccine hesitancy. Still only about 52% of Americans vaccinated for example:

 

Edited by Greg, 15 June 2021 - 04:58 PM.

[Mike K.]

That’s by choice, though.

Canada is sprinting to the finish line but the race is long over.

[Victoria Watcher]

we are catching up for sure.

 

we are #16 for doses per person in the world.

 

https://www.nytimes....ns-tracker.html

 

but we are around #50 for people with two vaccinations still.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 June 2021 - 05:07 PM.

[Greg]

^^Not actually true though. We've already delivered more total doses per capita than most EU countries outside of the UK for example. And if countries stop vaccinating at 50% of their population, their race is never going to be over. We should be very happy with how things have gone here (after the slow start), but maybe a lot of that credit goes to the populace who are keen to get vaccinated as opposed to government leadership. 

Edited by Greg, 15 June 2021 - 05:08 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

^^Not actually true though. We've already delivered more total doses per capita than most EU countries outside of the UK for example. And if countries stop vaccinating at 50% of their population, their race is never going to be over. We should be very happy with how things have gone here (after the slow start), but maybe a lot of that credit goes to the populace who are keen to get vaccinated as opposed to government leadership. 

 

i concur.

[Victoria Watcher]

Daily COVID-19 cases still lowest since April in Manitoba with 116 new infections

 

 

Canada only had 1,157 new infections yesterday.  Today we might be under 800.  That would be similar to about September 16th, 2020.

 

we ended at 808.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 June 2021 - 05:39 PM.

[Mike K.]

I sure hope a G7 country outperforms most EU countries.

Canadians have been very receptive to the vaccine, that’s for sure.

[LJ]

The take up rate in Hong Kong is about 20%, mainly because the government is telling them to get the vaccination.

[Greg]

I sure hope a G7 country outperforms most EU countries.

Canadians have been very receptive to the vaccine, that’s for sure.

 

France, Germany and Italy are G7 countries as well, and we're outperforming them. Only US and UK have performed better to date (but not recently) amongst G7 countries, and we'll have surpassed the US by every reasonable measurement in a couple of weeks.

[Mike K.]

I don’t think so.

NYT says France, Germany and Italy are at least 2x our second dose rate aka full vaccination. Canada is at 13%, and the lowest among the latter three is 21%. The UK is 45%, US 44%.

Canada is also benefitting from the US handing out more doses it doesn’t immediately need as the population chooses (not forced to be without) whether to get vaccinated.

Here’s the NYT data: https://www.nytimes....ns-tracker.html