Canada’s Covid-19 cases surpass 400,000

Ottawa, Dec 5 : Amid a raging second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Canada reported 3,763 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking the overall infection tally to 400,031, according health authorities.
The Public Health Agency of Canada said on Friday that the country’s death toll has also increased to 12,470, reports Xinhua news agency.
The spread of the pandemic across Canada has been accelerating.
The national average case count is now close to 6,200 cases reported daily over the last seven days, and 87 deaths each day, according to Public Health Agency of Canada.
The country recorded its 300,000th case on November 16.
It took six months for Canada to record its first 100,000 confirmed cases, four months to reach the 200,000 threshold and less than a month to hit 300,000.