OTTAWA—Canada is facing the grim prospect of multiple COVID-19 outbreaks rolling in waves across the country from now until December and beyond, killing anywhere between 4,400 and 44,000 Canadians, federal data suggests. Tam reported that on Thursday morning there were 19,774 COVID-19 cases in Canada with 461 deaths, numbers that would change throughout the day as provinces report new infections. Susan Bondy, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, said Canadians will see lot of different modelling studies released as COVID-19 plays out. Given the clusters of outbreaks in long-term care homes, deputy public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said the federal public health agency is looking at changing directives or guidance for care in nursing homes and seniors’ residences, which come under provincial regulation. “We cannot prevent every death, but we must prevent all the deaths that we can,” she said.

Source: thestar April 09, 2020 13:58 UTC