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India’s virus cases cross 10 million as new infections dip

NEW DELHI – India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year. Additional cases in the past 24 hours dropped to 25,152 from a peak of nearly 100,000 in mid-September.

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Florida reports 13,000 new COVID-19 infections as officials plead for safe holiday behavior

ORLANDO, Fla. – One week from Christmas, Florida health care and school officials are pleading for families to continue to observe social distancing over the holiday and not fuel the spread of the coronavirus, which is out of control in some parts of the country.Dr. Raul Pino, with the Florida Department of Health-Orange County, said Thursday transmission is occurring within homes and among family members, leading to the recent uptick in Orange County’s coronavirus numbers.He said the virus doesn’t appear to be spreading in schools but it does seem to be spreading from children to parents and vice versa.“So what we have seen the largest increase right now is (patients aged) 15 to 14, 35 and older.

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Alberta’s COVID-19 infections are trending down — what it means and what we need to do

COVID-19 infections in Alberta, new daily case numbers have started to plateau in recent days, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods yet when it comes to the second wave of the pandemic.Since late November, the province broke record after record when it came to daily case counts, but since confirming 1,887 new infections on Dec. 14, the trend has turned downward slightly with numbers as low as 1,270 later this week, though that doesn’t mean Alberta is bending the curve.

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Coronavirus: India inches closer to 1-crore case mark with 22,889 new infections

Also Read | Covid curve slumping across IndiaThere are currently 3,13,831 active cases in the country, consisting of about 3.24 per cent of India's total positive cases.As many as 338 fatalities were reported across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 1,44,789.The case fatality rate currently stands at 1.45 per cent.Meanwhile, a total of 15,89,18,646 samples were tested for the COVID-19 up to December 17, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.

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Florida reports more than 13,100 new COVID-19 infections, most since mid-July

ORLANDO, Fla. – Days after Florida first received the initial round of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a second vaccine is taking another step this week to approval but Florida and many other states are reporting increasing virus cases.On Thursday, Florida’s Department of Health reported more than 13,100 new positive COVID-19 infections, the third-highest since the pandemic began. The last time the state saw a count that high was in mid-July.

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US sets new 24-hour record of Covid-19 infections with nearly 2.5 lakh cases

Also Read | How rural schooling is going into the darkThe number of hospitalized Covid patients -- 113,000 -- is also at its highest level since the beginning of the pandemic in March, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services.The situation is starting to improve in the Midwest, where the number of new daily cases and hospitalizations is decreasing.However, the epidemic is picking up steam in the Northeast and the West, according to the Covid Tracking Project, which compiles data from around the country every day.California is especially facing a dearth of available intensive care beds.

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Coronavirus: Canada’s economy could suffer in 1st quarter of 2021 with rising COVID-19 infections

Canada’s economy could contract in the first quarter of 2021 as rising COVID-19 infections dampen near-term growth, Bank of Canada Gov. Tiff Macklem said on Tuesday.

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Vaccinations Begin to Help Prevent COVID-19 Wyoming Infections

https://health.wyo.gov/publichealth/immunization/wyoming-covid-19-vaccine-information/.Another company’s vaccine candidate is expected to be authorized late this week. If that happens, each Wyoming county will receive initial shipments of vaccine doses by next week.

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Canada adds 6,744 new coronavirus infections, 80 new deaths as vaccinations begin

coronavirus infections on Monday as the mass vaccination effort against the virus officially began. Canada begins coronavirus vaccine rollout.

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Frontline workers get first Pfizer shots as Florida reports 8,334 new coronavirus infections

ORLANDO, Fla. – Thousands of vials of the first U.S.-approved coronavirus vaccine are arriving all over the country Monday, however, immunity from the infectious disease is still months away.Florida has now topped 1.12 million infections since March, according to the Florida Department of Health data, as Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Tampa Monday for some of the first doses of the vaccine to be administered.[TRENDING: First doses of vaccine sent across US | OK if drivers can’t see out rear window? | Pilot killed in Fla. gyroscope crash]Among the first in the U.S.

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Over 90 total coronavirus deaths in Saskatchewan as 269 infections added

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Moscow will not impose curfew despite rise in coronavirus infections: Mayor

Moscow will not impose a curfew or curb alcohol sales during the New Year holiday, despite a rise in coronavirus cases, the mayor of the Russian capital was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency on Sunday.Russia, which began vaccinating exposed groups in Moscow, a city of nearly 13 million, earlier in December, has resisted imposing a strict lockdown as it did early this year, relying on targeted measures instead."We do not restrict meetings, nor do we declare curfews," Interfax reported, citing the mayor Sergei Sobyanin."Tightening (anti virus restrictions) is only possible when the medical system can no longer cope with the flow of patients. There is no such situation in Moscow.

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New Jersey sets highest daily coronavirus total with 6,247 infections

TRENTON - As states prepare to receive doses of the federally approved Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, officials in New Jersey reported the highest number of daily infections to date. According to state health officials, positives cases rose by more than 6,200 on Saturday. The uptick in new cases is nearly double the number of positive tests reported on Friday.

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For second day Florida reports more than 11,000 new infections as COVID-19 aid talks stall in Washington

ORLANDO, Fla. – Americans have been waiting for leaders in Washington to come up with and agree on a stimulus package that would once again help people struggling from the coronavirus pandemic.Months after negotiations and revisions, an emerging $900 billion COVID-19 aid package has all but collapsed after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republican senators won’t support $160 billion in state and local funds as part of a potential trade-off in the deal.Other legislative pile-ups now threaten Friday’s related business — a must-pass government funding bill.

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Coronavirus hospitalizations slow as Saskatchewan adds 246 infections

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Florida reports more than 11,000 new infections as nearly every state sees surge in coronavirus deaths

ORLANDO, Fla. – Deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to more than 3,000 a day on average, matching the peak reached in April.

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Coronavirus: New daily case record set, again, as London-Middlesex sees 1 death, 52 new infections

coronavirus case record on Thursday after local health officials reported 52 new infections.One new death was also reported by the health unit involving a woman in her 70s who was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home.Few other details were released. It’s the eleventh COVID-19-related death to be reported in the region just this month.

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Asia Today: Tokyo's daily infections top 600 for first time

TOKYO – The number of new coronavirus infections in Japan’s capital topped 600 in a day for the first time on Thursday, while experts warned of the increased burden on hospitals.Tokyo reported 602 new cases, while the daily tally for the entire nation was 2,810. Japan has reported 168,573 infections since the pandemic began, with 2,465 deaths.The surge in infections has placed an added burden on Tokyo's hospitals, making it harder for many of them to carry out treatment for ordinary patients, said Masataka Inokuchi, who is on the city's virus task force.“They are not paralyzed yet, but the situation is getting very tight,” he said.

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The Latest: Tokyo's daily infections top 600 for first time

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Canada adds 6,292 new coronavirus infections as country approves vaccine

COVID-19, authorities said.Since the virus was first detected, it has claimed 12,983 lives in Canada. Canada approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, will start administering ‘within days’ The new cases come as the federal government announced Health Canada has approved a COVID-19 vaccine from American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.“The availability of a safe and effective vaccine will reduce the spread and severity of COVID-19 disease and reduce its social and economic consequences,” Health Canada said on Wednesday, adding the data confirms the vaccine is roughly 95 per cent effective, and was “well tolerated” with no serious safety concerns.Maj.-Gen.

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Simcoe Muskoka hits new weekly COVID-19 case record, 61 new infections reported

coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the local number of cases up to 2,519, including 53 deaths.Twenty-one of the new cases are in Barrie, Ont., while seven are in Bradford, seven are in Innisfil and seven are in New Tecumseth.The rest of the new cases are in Collingwood, Gravenhurst, Midland, Muskoka Lakes, Orillia, Oro-Medonte, Penetanguishene, Springwater, Tay Township and Tiny Township. Ontario to issue proof of COVID-19 vaccination, health minister says Six of the new cases are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case.

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Canada adds nearly 6,000 new coronavirus infections as deaths near 13K

COVID-19 vaccines, which are expected to be delivered this month.Health officials say if the vaccine is approved by Health Canada, vaccinations could begin next week. Hospitals, not LTC homes, among 1st sites to give Canada’s coronavirus vaccines Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr.

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Coronavirus: Cases dip in London-Middlesex as 16 new infections reported; 18 new cases in Huron-Perth

coronavirus while 16 others have recovered, the Middlesex-London Health Unit reported Tuesday.The update brings the region’s total case count to 1,881, of which 1,498 people have recovered. Seventy-six deaths have also been reported, most recently on Saturday involving a man in his 60s whose death was linked to a severe outbreak at University Hospital.There are 307 active cases in the region, more than at any other time during the pandemic.Tuesday marks the first time since Nov.

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Dutch health authority reports 'worrying rise' in infections

THE HAGUE – The Dutch public health institute on Tuesday reported a “worrying rise" in the number of coronavirus infections in the last week, as the government prepared to announce whether it will allow any relaxations over the Christmas holidays of its partial lockdown.The health institute said the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by more than 9,000 to 43,103 in a week. More people were tested in the last week due to a change in the rules for access, but the percentage of positive tests also rose from 11.1% to 11.6%.In the same week, the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths dropped from 406 to 338.

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As infections rise, European Central Bank prepares stimulus

FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank is expected to unleash another blast of stimulus on Thursday to help businesses bridge the gap until the economy recovers from the pandemic - and to support governments that are ramping up spending to cushion the blow as the winter wave of the virus worsens.The bank could add a half-trillion euros or more to its existing bond purchases.

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OPH reports fewer new COVID-19 infections than province's report on Saturday

OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting 48 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, a noticeably smaller number than reported by provincial officials.

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Pennsylvania sets daily high with over 12,800 new COVID-19 infections

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) HARRISBURG - The number of daily coronavirus infections in Pennsylvania reached a staggering new high on Saturday as state health officials announced more than 12,800 new positive test results. Pennsylvania noted that more than 1,000 of the 5,230 people currently in state hospitals with coronavirus are in intensive care. Most of the patients who are gravely ill are over the age of 65, according to health officials.Pennsylvania's death toll grew by 149 on Saturday, which pushed the overall number of virus-attributed fatalities in the state to 11,262.

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COVID infections among Florida children rising but hospitalizations remain low

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A growing number of children have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in recent weeks, but only a small fraction of those minors required hospitalization, Florida Department of Health data shows.Of the approximately one million Floridians who have contracted the virus, about 9% were children ranging in age from newborn to 17.

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Pennsylvania sets daily high with over 11,700 new COVID-19 infections

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) HARRISBURG - The number of daily coronavirus infections in Pennsylvania reached a staggering new high on Friday as state health officials announced more than 11,700 new positive test results. Pennsylvania noted that more than 1,000 of the 5,071 people currently in state hospitals with coronavirus are in intensive care. Most of the patients who are gravely ill are over the age of 65, according to health officials.Pennsylvania's death toll grew by 169 on Friday, which pushed the overall number of virus-attributed fatalities in the state to 11,113.

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Covid-19 infections may have been present in US as early as December 2019: Study

COVID-19 in the US was identified on January 19, 2020, the scientists, including Sridhar V Basavaraju from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US, noted that antibodies reactive against the coronavirus were detected in 106 of the 7,389 specimens.Also read: India can’t make up its mind on PSUs, 30 years after liberalisationAccording to the research, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, 84 of the samples specifically had neutralising activity against the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which enables it to enter host cells."The presence of these serum antibodies indicate that isolated SARS-CoV-2 infections may have occurred in the western portion of the US earlier than previously recognised, or

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Florida surpasses 1 million coronavirus infections with promises of vaccine distribution this month

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida surpassed the 1 million coronavirus infections mark on the first day of December, which could also be the month virus vaccine distribution becomes a reality.Gov.

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Coronavirus infections found in US in 2019, weeks before China cases

Covid-19 infections in the US in December 2019, according to a study, providing further evidence indicating the coronavirus was spreading globally weeks before the first cases were reported in China.The study published Monday identified 106 infections from 7,389 blood samples collected from donors in nine US states between Dec. 13 and Jan.

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How to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infections at Ontario’s long-term care homes

coronavirus pandemic began, when Ontario’s long-term care homes were walloped by the deadly disease over the course of several weeks, the effort to protect the province’s seniors has almost been Herculean by many frontline workers and officials.With the promise of a vaccine to protect Ontario’s most vulnerable residents set against a recent increase in cases at long-term care settings, questions continue to be asked about what more can be done to protect seniors not only in the coming weeks but also in subsequent years and decades.“Long-term care facilities are the ones that are going to bear the brunt of this infection disproportionately as compared to other health care and other settings entirely,” Dr.

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Covid-19 infections rose in counties where pubs reopened - study

Counties where so-called "wet pubs" reopened at the end of September experienced an increase in the 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 ten days later.

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COVID-19 case count doubles in P.E.I as officials report two new infections

Atlantic bubble bursts as P.E.I., N.L. exit coronavirus pact He also plays for the Sherwood Minor Hockey Midget A Central Team #2.Officials say there were also potential exposures at a Wendy’s Restaurant and a Needs Convenience Store in Charlottetown.Meanwhile, the second patient recently travelled to P.E.I.

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Pennsylvania adds more than 8,000 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday

A transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as the 2019 novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the United States. Note the crown-like spikes on the outer edge of the virus, hence the term "coron (NIAID-RML)PHILADELPHIA - The surge in new COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania continued on Saturday as state health officials reported more than 8,000 new positive tests. According to the state's latest data, the number of new infections grew by 8,053 which pushed the cumulative total to 351,667 positive tests.

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Victoria, Australia eliminates COVID-19 after border closure, going 28 days with 0 new infections

FILE - commuter sits on a tram bench next to an LCD screen with an Australian Government directive regarding Coronavirus and social distancing. MELBOURNE, Australia - Victoria, Australia has reported 28 consecutive days without a new case of COVID-19, according to the Victoria State Government’s Department of Health and Human Services.Victoria, which is located at the southernmost tip of the Australian continent, reported the positive milestone on Nov.

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Germany's coronavirus infections pass one million

Germany has seen its total number of coronavirus infections pass one million, the Robert Koch Institute for disease control said.

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Health Matters: COVID-19 infections & health care workers’ mental health

Health Matters November 26: A University of Alberta-led study looks at COVID-19 infection rates in health care workers – and how the pandemic affects their mental health. Plus a mental illness survivor gives back with Blankets of Love.

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Canada adds over 5,000 new coronavirus infections as global cases top 60 million

COVID-19.A total of 2,243 people are in hospital after contracting the respiratory illness, while 277,232 have recovered. Mystery of the coronavirus origin: Experts still seeking answers In a statement Wednesday, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr.

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Coronavirus hospitalizations, active cases reach new highs as Sask. hits 7K total infections

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Covid-19 infections will rise due to Christmas get-togethers, says NI CMO

The number of Covid-19 infections in Northern Ireland will increase due to Christmas get-togethers, Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride has said.

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Alberta’s 2nd state of public health emergency introduces new restrictions to battle rising COVID-19 infections

To combat record-high rates of COVID-19 infections in the province, the Alberta government announced new restrictions Tuesday — which are not as widespread and sweeping as those introduced in the spring.

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Canada adds 4,889 new coronavirus infections as global cases near 60 million

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Florida reports more than 8,500 new coronavirus infections as state nears 1 million mark

ORLANDO, Fla. – The nation is averaging 172,000 new coronavirus cases per day, nearly doubling since the end of October, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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99th birthday party spurs dozen coronavirus infections among relatives

A dozen family members who traveled to St. Louis to celebrate their father’s 99th birthday found themselves all infected by the novel coronavirus.

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Canada adds record 5,713 new coronavirus infections as global cases top 59 million

Coronavirus Christmas: Canadians should celebrate outdoors, virtually, experts say In a statement released Monday, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr.

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Global coronavirus infections may be six times higher than reported, finds study

coronavirus pandemic, the researchers, including those from the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Melbourne, found that the actual number of global infections could be up to six times higher than the reported number of cases.The researchers found infection rates between March and August across 15 countries were on average 6.2 times greater than reported cases, according to a modelling study.The data, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, shows coronavirus infection rates in the UK, France, Belgium and Italy are much higher than reported and in the case of Italy up to 17-times higher.The analysis also shows Australia had the best level of detection among the 15 countries at the end of April, but the

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0