Manitoba sets grim COVID-19 case record of 742 on Christmas Eve

coronavirus cases are being recorded at less than one lakh for the last six consecutive days. The death toll has climbed to 5,07,981 with 804 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.19%. The active cases comprise 1.43% of the total infections, while the national recovery rate has further improved to 97.37%, the health ministry said.

Wendy Williams has filed a temporary restraining order against Wells Fargo in order to access her cash. According to Williams' filings to the court, the bank's move reportedly came after Williams' former financial adviser alleged that Williams "was of unsound mind." On Friday, financial advisers at the bank told Fox News Digital that the company's only goal was to ensure the "Wendy Williams Show" host is able to make payments to entities she "regularly" has made them to, despite what her camp is stating on the record about her being "fine" in response to reportedly being labeled as an "incapacitated person."  "Wells Fargo’s priority is the financial well-being of Ms.

Police say a 31-year-old food delivery driver was making a delivery when he was shot multiple times. PHILADELPHIA - Police say a food delivery driver was caught in a hail of gunfire Friday night in Queen Village.According to investigators, the 31-year-old driver was making a delivery on the 900 block of North 5th Street just after 9 p.m.

Karnataka government had made the RT-PCR test compulsory for people entering its state to contain the virus transmission.

NE Phila Connected is offering free courses to teach responsible gun ownership and safety.  PHILADELPHIA - You don't have to scroll for long on a neighborhood Facebook page to find a post about a carjacking in Philadelphia.A non-profit in Northeast Philadelphia is tired of neighbors becoming victims or hurting themselves and others by trying to defend themselves.Roman Zhukov started NE Phila Connected because he saw his neighbors' frustration over the violence in the city and wanted to help."I have a child and it’s selfish to say, but I want him to grow up in a better environment," Zhukov said. "I want him to be okay walking himself to school, I want him to be okay to feel safe on the playground, I want him to go to school where there are no fights or guns involved."There’s been a rise in carjackings in his area and that prompted him to team up with Roman Kourinnoi, a certified concealed carry instructor, to offer free courses to educate people about gun ownership and how to handle them safely.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESThe first class is about having a plan and how to avoid situations."I won 100% of the fights I wasn’t involved in," Kourinnoi said.

Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey looks at some of the other COVID-19 indicators and what they reveal about the direction B.C. is hopefully heading.

The first blurry image captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA’s new space telescope has captured its first starlight and even taken a selfie of its giant, gold mirror.All 18 segments of the primary mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope seem to be working properly 1 1/2 months into the mission, officials said Friday.The telescope's first target was a bright star 258 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major."That was just a real wow moment," said Marshall Perrin of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.Over the next few months, the hexagonal mirror segments — each the size of a coffee table — will be aligned and focused as one, allowing science observations to begin by the end of June.NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched successfully early Christmas morning from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the sky.

FILE - A baby koala is seen at Wild Life Sydney Zoo on Oct. 14, 2021 in Sydney, Australia.

Paddy McGuinness has shared a positive health update as he continues to recover following knee surgery. The 48-year-old Top Gear presenter picked up the injury whilst playing in Soccer Aid 2021 in September, alongside stars such as Usain Bolt, Olly Murs, Chunkz and Jamie Redknapp.He was eventually forced to retire from the charity football competition, joking at the time that the knock was “not something that can be sorted with the magic sponge”.Just last week the father-of-three underwent a procedure on the dodgy knee, having waited a whopping six months before the surgery could take place, reports the Express.

There was a lot of information to digest this week when it comes to COVID-19 and plans to ease restrictions. The decisions are being backed with a lot of scientific claims.

COVID-19 wave, if necessary.Under questioning from opposition health critics during a hearing at the legislature, Dubé suggested the passport could be dropped in the coming weeks.“When I said the vaccine passport was there to stay, will public health recommend that we, I hope in a few weeks, suspend it because it is going better?” Dubé said about the COVID-19 situation in the province. “Could we restore it if we were ever caught with another wave? That’s what you have to think about.”Quebec was the first province to introduce a vaccine passport on Sept.

COVID-19 dashboard available only to Saskatchewan Health Authority leaders no longer includes the number of people who died from the disease.Global News obtained images of the dashboard on several occasions. The latest, from Feb.

The Canadian Armed Forces is now investigating Maj. Stephen Chledowski, after the actively serving army officer released a new video denouncing COVID-19 measures.

Andrei Doroshin PHILADELPHIA - A graduate student in psychology whose COVID-19 vaccine operation got shut down by Philadelphia last year has settled with the state attorney general's office and agreed to destroy all personal health information his start-up gathered.The agreement was filed Friday in Commonwealth Court and requires a judge's approval to take effect.Central to the accusations against Andrei Doroshin, who had almost no public health experience when the city gave him the task, was that he had intended to profit from the vaccine operation run by his start-up, called Philly Fighting COVID.Mayor Jim Kenney says Philly Fighting COVID was a mistake after the Inspector General found no malice, no ill-intent, and no one seeking personal gain.Doroshin denied the allegations by the attorney general's office, including violating the state's nonprofit corporation law.Under the agreement, Doroshin and his associates are barred from managing charitable assets or soliciting charitable donations in Pennsylvania for 10 years.Doroshin also must destroy the personal health information gathered through the vaccine pre-registration service and is barred from receiving any financial benefit from the information or the vaccine.Doroshin must also dissolve Philly Fighting COVID.City officials said they gave him the job because he and his friends had organized one of the community groups that set up COVID-19 testing sites throughout the city in 2020.But they shut the vaccine operation down once they learned that Doroshin had switched his privacy notice to potentially sell patient data.

Just over a week and a half after testing positive for COVID-19, three members of Korean supergroup BTS are on the mend, with two fully recovered.Suga and Jin have both made full recoveries from the virus, while RM is still recovering, according to statements from their label Big Hit Music.It was revealed on Christmas Eve that Suga tested positive for COVID-19, with RM and Jin testing positive on Christmas Day.

Hugh Jackman has said he is suffering "mild symptoms" after testing positive for Covid-19.

KATY, Texas - The fiancée of a man who was shot nine times on Christmas Eve spoke exclusively with FOX 26.Gabriela Granero says the road rage shooting happened as she and her 26-year-old fiancé Anthony Hipp were trying to make a right turn at Westgreen and I-10 in Katy, the night of Christmas Eve.FOR THE LATEST NEWS UPDATES, DOWNLOAD THE FOX 26 NEWS APP"Right as we came to the red light the car behind us started honking like crazy.

A popular local radio DJ died two days after being taken to hospital with Covid-19.

Mike «The Situation» Sorrentino had to spend Christmas in quarantine this year. The reality star revealed that he has tested positive for COVID-19.The star took to Instagram on Christmas Eve to reveal the news of his illness, and that his family would be spending the holiday on lockdown as he battled the illness.«So much to be grateful for this year.

(GERMANY OUT) Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, USA, California, Pacific Ocean, Farallon Island, San Francisco Bay (Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images) MORRO BAY, Calif. - A shark that killed a man off the coast of central California on Christmas Eve was likely a great white, an official said.The man was pulled from the waves near Morro Bay on Friday after a surfer saw him face down in the water with a boogie board floating nearby. He was pronounced dead at the scene.The victim’s name wasn’t released.

Saul Nava THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly torturing and killing his girlfriend in Thousand Oaks on Christmas Eve, authorities said.Saul Nava was arrested on suspicion of murder, mayhem and torture in the death of his 24-year-old girlfriend, whose name has not been released.  In the state of California, the felony of mayhem alleges that the suspect "unlawfully and maliciously" disfigures or disables a victim’s body.Nava is being held on $2 million bail in the Ventura County Jail.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Police in Missouri arrested 32-year-old Brittany Wilson on Christmas Eve for the stabbing death of her boyfriend.According to a news release, police found Wilson standing outside her boyfriend’s home Friday night at 11:05, covered in blood. KFVS reported officers spotted a sword on the lawn.While authorities questioned Wilson outside, investigators made their way inside to discover the body of a deceased male in the basement.

COVID-19 case counts soar across the country.The province is capping private gatherings at six people or two family bubbles as of Boxing Day Sunday, after reporting more than 10,000 cases of the coronavirus on Christmas Eve and another 9,206 on Christmas Day.Officials have said the daily numbers are likely an underestimation because the province’s testing centres are overwhelmed and can’t keep up with demand.The highly infectious Omicron variant of the virus has been driving a surge in COVID-19 cases across much of Canada in recent weeks.Ontario reported 9,826 new COVID-19 cases Boxing Day.Christmas Day was the third day in a row that Ontario broke its record for daily case counts with 10,412 infections.Ontario Health Minister Christine

Boris Johnson is expected to make a final call on whether to introduce new coronavirus restrictions ahead of New Year's Eve.

CAMDEN, N.J. - The New Jersey home of the Philadelphia 76ers' point guard, Tyrese Maxey, caught fire on Christmas Eve. The fire broke out around 7 p.m.

Thousands of people across the country will receive a Christmas Day booster jab as NHS vaccinators continue to work through England's population in the face of record Covid-19 case rates.

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Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia reported record high COVID-19 case counts on Christmas Eve as Nunavut ordered a full lockdown to prevent further spread of the virus.

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. - A couple in Habersham County is celebrating their 70th anniversary this Christmas Eve. Clinton and Alice Savage's story began at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church at the age of 14 in the 1940s. When asked if it was love at first sight, the couple quickly replied with "no", and then laughed. While it wasn't the "I knew as soon as we locked eyes" kind of beginning, their love soon flourished.Back then, meeting up or talking wasn't as simple as hopping in a car or picking up a phone. "She lived about 12 miles from me. I had to walk.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - On the night before Christmas, shoppers rushed out to get last-minute gifts."I wanted a Nintendo Switch," said young Kendall Martin.It’s a risky game waiting until the day before Christmas. One that Kendall’s parents have perfected."We do this every year.

Amy Duggar King has been forced to cancel her Christmas plans with her large family after testing positive for COVID-19.The 34-year-old former 19 Kids and Counting star revealed her positive test results in a lengthy Instagram post on Friday, writing: 'Christmas is cancelled here until further notice.'Amy said that she was quarantined in a bedroom at home ahead of Christmas Eve, and shared that her symptoms include 'terrible' body aches and chills.

MORRO BAY, Calif. - A shark attack off State Parks Beach in Morro Bay on Christmas Eve left a surfer dead, authorities said Friday.Around 10:45 a.m., an injured male surfer was pulled from the water north of Atascadero Road after an apparent shark attack.The surfer was unresponsive laying on the beach when paramedics arrived. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Get your top stories delivered daily! Sign up for FOX 11’s Fast 5 newsletter. And, get breaking news alerts in the FOX 11 News app. Download for iOS or Android.The victim has not been identified and the San Luis Obispo County Coroner's Office and State Parks representatives responded to the scene to investigate the incident.The beaches in the Morro Bay and State Parks area will

COVID-19 — a new one-day record — and one additional death from the virus on Friday.In a release, the province said a person in their 70s in the Saint John region has died.Of the new cases, 85 are in Zone 1, the Moncton region, 87 are in Zone 2, the Saint John region, 39 are in Zone 3, the Fredericton region, 23 are in zone 4, the Edmunston region, five are in Zone 5, the Campbellton region, five are in Zone 6, the Bathurst region, and 11 are in Zone 7, the Miramichi region. COVID-19: N.B.

She's known for throwing the party of the year on the night before Christmas with a guest list full of her celebrity friends.And Kris Jenner made the decision to have the annual Kardashian Christmas Eve extravaganza 'scaled way back' due to surging COVID-19 cases in the Los Angeles area.The 66-year-old matriarch has a few things planned for the evening and 'will still get her daughters and grandkids together on Christmas Eve, but that's it ... nothing over the top,' according to TMZ.

Health officials are pleading with Manitobans to limit their contacts over the holidays as the province is set to announce a record-setting daily case count on Christmas Eve.

Shoppers in Covent Garden in central London, U.K., on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021.

holiday travel season.Germany-based Lufthansa said Friday that it was canceling a dozen long-haul transatlantic flights over the Christmas holiday period because of a "massive rise" in sick leave among pilots. The cancellations on flights to Houston, Boston and Washington come despite a "large buffer" of additional staff for the period.The airline says it couldn't speculate on whether COVID-19 infections or quarantines were responsible because it was not informed about the sort of illness.

Covid vaccine centres in Scotland are set to close later today as Scots are being urged to come forward to get jabbed before the big day.

Kate Garraway has given fans a heartwarming update on her husband's recovery from Covid-19 as the family prepare to spend Christmas together.

COVID-19 rips through Canada for the second holiday season in a row, the highly-transmissible Omicron variant driving extra caution.Still, some are moving forward with plans to celebrate, weighing the risk of contracting the disease or relying on vaccinations to provide safety.“Literally, last Christmas, we kept all the blinds closed because we didn’t want anyone to see that we were eating dinner because we weren’t allowed,” Patricia MacDowell said on the phone from her Montreal home as she stuffed a turkey in preparation for Christmas Eve dinner.MacDowell is not vaccinated against COVID-19.

Omicron's rise has led to another pandemic-tinged Christmas for billions, with Santa's arrival and longed-for family reunions overshadowed by the prospect of yet more Covid restrictions.

coronavirus omicron variant.According to Flight Aware, United Airlines has canceled 121 flights on Friday, which is equivalent to 6% of their overall flight schedule. FOX Business has identified 21 instances where United Airlines cancellations on Christmas Eve are directly attributed to the coronavirus, stating that staffing issues have caused the cancellation.For a flight from Denver to Newark scheduled for Friday, for example, the following message is shown on the United Airlines website: "Your flight is canceled due to an increase in Covid cases limiting crew availability.

Boris Johnson and Labour’s Keir Starmer have paid tribute to the nation’s health workers in their Christmas messages.

Fiona Whelan and her family were really looking forward to Christmas.

For anyone worried that Santa Claus might be grounded this Christmas Eve due to the pandemic, it looks like he is actually immune to Covid-19 due to his 'santy-bodies'.

PHILADELPHIA - Layer up for Thursday, it will be a bitter start to the day with morning lows in the 20s.It will stay cold with increasing high clouds in the afternoon. Expect highs in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees.Late Thursday night, a clipper system to our north could bring a brief snow shower to the Poconos, otherwise, it will be quite until late Christmas Eve.Another low-pressure system will pass to our north Christmas Eve, showers will arrive late at night, bring the umbrella if you are venturing out to midnight mass.The showers will end by early Christmas morning.If you travel in the Lehigh Valley or the Poconos it may just be cold enough to see some snow showers change to freezing rain overnight into early Christmas morning.

Glasgow's Irn-Bru Carnival will only last for three days this year - due to measures brought in to stop the spread of Covid-19.

The remainder of Ayr’s pantomime programme has been axed due to the Covid Omicron outbreak.