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Mandatory masking is back for staff at several Ontario hospitals

Several Ontario hospitals are bringing back mask mandates for staff with COVID-19 cases on the rise once again – a clear sign the province has entered a new wave, an expert explains.

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COVID-19 cases spike in B.C. but no more cases of new variant detected

British Columbia is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 numbers, with cases, test positivity, hospitalizations and deaths all up in recent weeks.

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Le nombre de cas de COVID-19 dans les hôpitaux a triplé en un mois au Québec

The number of people infected with COVID-19 staying in Quebec hospitals has tripled in the past month, Health Minister Christian Dubé reported on Friday morning.

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Brace for an increase in COVID-19 cases this fall: Dubé

The number of COVID-19 cases has tripled in three weeks and could rise to as many as 2,000 to 3,000 per day in the fall, Health Minister Christian Dubé said Friday, reminding Quebecers that vaccination is still their best option.

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Number with COVID-19 in B.C. hospitals has tripled since early August

The number of COVID-positive patients in B.C. hospitals has more than tripled in the last month, according to the latest data from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

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COVID-19 : l’OMS s’inquiète de « tendances préoccupantes » avant l’hiver

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday expressed concern about “worrying trends” regarding COVID-19 as winter approaches in the northern hemisphere, calling for increased vaccination and surveillance of the virus.

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What’s the NWT’s Covid-19 situation? It’s kinda hard to tell.

Anecdotally, Covid-19 has picked up again in Yellowknife. But tracking the disease in the Northwest Territories is not nearly as easy as it once was.

That’s largely a function of relaxed restrictions. Eliminating mandatory isolation, and the requirement to take a test and report the results when symptomatic, restored freedoms but shut down data sources.

The NWT government’s Covid-19 dashboard, which existed for almost two years, was taken offline at the start of July.

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