Canada confirms 22,922 new COVID-19 cases in one week
Aug 27, 2022
Ottawa [Canada], August 27: Canada confirmed 22,922 new COVID-19 cases for the week of Aug. 14-20, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said on Friday.
According to the weekly update issued by the PHAC, the number of total COVID-19 cases and deaths in Canada reached 4,158,491 and 43,797 respectively.
The daily positive rate during the week averaged at 11.8 percent, and daily tests per 100,000 people were 63.
The agency said a detailed report on 4,045,547 cases showed that 190,235 cases, or 4.8 percent, were hospitalized, and of those hospitalized, 15.5 percent were admitted to intensive care units.
COVID-19 modelling studies published recently showed that without Canadians' collective efforts in achieving high vaccine coverage and adhering to public health measures, the country could have accumulated up to 34 million cases, 2 million hospitalisations and 800,000 deaths as of April 2022, the PHAC said.
Source: Xinhua
