(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of new coronary cases in Canada exceeds 1 million
China News Service, Toronto, April 3 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) On April 3, 434 days after the first case of new crown virus infection was reported, Canada, which is currently in the Easter long weekend, has reported a total of 1 million new crown cases.
On March 20, local time, a Chinese restaurant in Toronto, Canada used a transparent isolation cover to set up an outdoor "bubble table" to attract diners.
Due to the holiday, the Canadian Public Health Agency did not release official statistics on this day.
However, the major mainstream media confirmed through the data obtained that the cumulative number of cases in Canada has crossed the one million mark.
There are currently more than 920,000 recovered cases in Canada and more than 23,000 deaths.
It took 34 days for the country’s cumulative number of new crown cases to increase from 800,000 to 900,000, the longest time per 100,000 increase since October last year.
However, with the recent rebound of the epidemic, the time taken to increase from 900,000 to 1 million cases has been reduced to 22 days.
Statistics show that long-term care institutions such as nursing homes, and indigenous communities have relatively higher infection rates and death rates.
In this rebound, the spread of the mutant new coronavirus has attracted the attention of the health department.
In Ontario, the number of beds in the intensive care unit has reached a record high, putting pressure on the medical system.
Canadian Chief Public Health Officer Tan Yongshi recently warned that Canada is facing a third wave of outbreaks.
Ontario and many other provinces believe that they are now in the third wave of epidemics and have tightened public epidemic prevention measures.
As the most populous province, Ontario has adopted the "emergency brake" method since April 3, and implemented the ban on the province for the third time, lasting at least four weeks.
This means that dine-in or open-air dining services and gyms in the catering industry must be closed, supermarkets and shopping malls must greatly restrict passenger flow, and indoor public activities are prohibited.
The reporter saw in a large shopping mall in Toronto that customers need to scan the QR code with their mobile phones at the entrance to answer questions such as "has there been any symptoms of the new crown", "have any travel recently", "have contact with an infected person" and other questions, and answered "no" after the mobile phone appeared With a green tick, you will be allowed to enter the mall by security.
The flow of people in the mall has not decreased significantly.
Although there are more conspicuous epidemic prevention warnings, there is no supervision.
Efforts are being made across Canada to promote vaccination.
At present, about 5.588 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, accounting for 14.7% of the country's total population.
The federal government's efficiency in the acquisition and distribution of vaccines is not as good as expected, and has been criticized by many provinces.
The Canadian federal government will announce the new annual budget on April 19. Public opinion predicts that the deficit in the 2020-2021 fiscal year may rise to nearly 400 billion Canadian dollars. (Finish)