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10.04.2021 / 21:17
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Canada’s COVID-19 case rate tops U.S. as country continues to lag in vaccinations
COVID-19 outbreak began, Canada’s rate of new cases of the novel coronavirus has eclipsed that of the United States.An analysis of numbers collected by Our World In Data now shows that on Friday, Canada reported 205.73 new cases per million on a rolling seven-day average, relative to the country’s population, while the United States sat at 205.12.On average over the last seven days, Canada has reported 7,967.7 new cases, and the country’s daily cases have increased 82 per cent over past 14 days.Canada saw 9,255 new coronavirus infections on Friday, marking a new all-time record for daily cases.Meanwhile, in the United States, the country’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported a total of 30,814,955 COVID-19 cases, marking an increase of