Canada to register more daily Covid-19 cases, deaths by Xmas

Ottawa, Dec 12 : Canada is expected to register 531,300-577,000 Covid-19 cases and 14,920 deaths by Christmas Day amidst the ongoing second wave of the pandemic, according to the country’s health agency.
On Friday, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said that the country is on a rapid Covid-19 growth trajectory and the curve of the second wave was not flattening, reports Xinhua news agency.
Some 100,000 new cases have been reported across the country in just the last three weeks.
As of now, the country’s overall caseload stood at 448,841 with 13,251 deaths.
With Christmas holidays around the corner, the PHAC said that if people maintain their current rate of contact with others, the pandemic will continue to surge.
In a statement on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “Again this week, far too many provinces reported record highs in cases and hospitalizations. These numbers must go down.