The health authorities of Canada announced this Thursday that the delta variant of the COVID-19[female[feminine It sparked the start of the fourth wave of the pandemic in the country, with a 12% increase in hospitalizations last week.
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Canada’s medical director, Dr Theresa Tam, told a press conference that data shows the country is experiencing a new infection boom with 13,000 active cases, double the level of two weeks ago.
Tam added that the average number of new cases in recent days is around 1,500, most in people between the ages of 20 and 39 who are not vaccinated against covid-19.
The Medical Director of Canada noted that although the delta variant is more contagious, the full vaccine schedule offers “substantial protection” and that “the vast majority of cases and hospitalizations are those that are not fully vaccinated”.
On average, 511 covid-19 patients are treated daily in hospitals across the country for the disease, 12% more than last week, and 206 people are now admitted to intensive care units, a number that has not not undergone any major changes in recent weeks. The number of deaths is seven per day.
Currently, 81.6% of Canadians who are authorized to receive the vaccine have at least one dose and 71.1% have received the full regimen, or about 23.6 million people.
Canadian authorities have revealed that nearly 22 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines are in storage in the country, of which 10 million doses are in the national reserve and the rest are injectables that have been delivered for use, but not managed. .
On Thursday, Canada’s Minister for International Development Karina Gould announced that the country would donate an additional 10 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to low- and middle-income countries. Canada previously announced it would share an additional 30 million doses.
On Wednesday, the Canadian government said it was preparing a document for Canadians traveling abroad, which will certify that they have been immune to COVID-19 with one of the four vaccines authorized by the country so far: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.
With information from EFE
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