As of 15:00 on March 22nd, Eastern Canada Time, according to published data, there are currently more than 5% of the new crown virus test positive rates in Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba. Among them, the new crown test in Ontario The positive rate was 5.4%.
On that day, there were 1,699 new confirmed cases of new crown in Ontario, a slight decrease from the previous day. This was mainly due to the decrease in the number of people who participated in the test that day. The population of Ontario accounted for one-third of the total population of Canada.
The positive rate of COVID-19 testing in Manitoba that day was 5.2%, and the actual increase in confirmed cases was 66.
It is also reported that the confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in four schools in Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba, may be infected with a mutant virus.
At present, the relevant staff, students and classes of these schools have been quarantined, but it is not clear how the mutant virus was introduced into the school.
The positive rate of COVID-19 in Alberta on March 21 was 5.8%, the highest among the three provinces.
Moreover, the province’s new cases have increased continuously since March 16, and the number of new confirmed cases on March 21 has reached 555.
However, the Alberta government is still considering continuing to relax restrictions on epidemic prevention.
From the comparison of data, the most obvious difference between this round of the epidemic and the previous two rounds is that although the number of confirmed cases continues to increase, there are few deaths.
The number of people who die from the new crown every day across Canada has fluctuated around 30 since the end of February.
(Headquarters reporter Zhang Sen)