Canada sees continued downward trend in daily Covid-19 cases

Ottawa, Feb 12 : Canada is seeing a continued downward trend in daily Covid-19 cases, with a cumulative total of 816,145 cases of Covid-19 and 21,063 deaths as of Thursday afternoon, according to media reports.
Ontario province reported 945 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, although case counts from Toronto had been underreported due to an ongoing data migration. The province reported 18 additional deaths, bringing the provincial death toll to 6,614.
Hospitalisations in Ontario stood at 883, with 299 people listed as being in the province’s intensive care units, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The Ontario government announced to postpone March Break for students and teachers for a month.
The week-long break, which was originally scheduled for March 15-19, will now take place on the week of April 12.
Quebec province reported 1,121 new cases of Covid-19 and 37 additional deaths on Thursday. Hospitalisations stood at 874, with 143 Covid-19 patients in intensive care, according to an update posted to a provincial site.