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In the past seven days, there were 382 deaths from COVID-19 nationally, down 20 per cent over the same period. At least 5,058 people are being treated in hospitals and 358 are in the ICU.

Canada’s inoculation rate is ninth among countries with a population of one million or more people.

Sources: Canada data is compiled from government websites, Johns Hopkins and COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group; international data is from Johns Hopkins University.


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Germany’s highest court approved rules requiring health workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Thursday, solidifying a limited mandate that came into effect in mid-March. While there was public opposition to the law, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach welcomed the ruling, saying that “the state is obliged to protect vulnerable groups.”


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