direct | Latest developments on COVID-19

Whether in Quebec or anywhere else on this planet, the COVID-19 pandemic has been disrupting our lives for more than a year and a half.

Here you will find all the news throughout the day related to this crisis affecting residents, governments and the economy.

Last report 6:41

planet

Status: 241213138

Dead: 4,907,377

United State

Status: 45 051076

Killed: 726,201

Canada

Ontario: 595,235 cases (9,815 deaths)

Quebec: 420,129 cases (11,449 deaths)

Alberta: 316,433 cases (2,976 deaths)

British Columbia: 19,978 cases (2,081 deaths)

Saskatchewan: 74,673 cases (785 deaths)

Manitoba: 62,230 cases (1,231 deaths)

Nova Scotia: 7,149 cases (98 deaths)

New Brunswick: 5,846 cases (91 deaths)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 1,889 cases (15 deaths)

Northwest Territories: 1,638 cases (9 deaths)

Yukon: 837 injuries (10 deaths)

Nunavut: 671 cases (4 deaths)

Prince Edward Island: 312 cases

Canadian returnees: 13 cases

Total: 1,685,333 cases (28,564 deaths)

the new

4:59 am | Australian Open: Low chance of getting a visa for unvaccinated players

France Press agency

A politician warned on Tuesday that tennis players who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 may not get visas to participate in the Australian Open, as world number one Novak Djokovic questioned his participation in the Australian Grand Prix.

3 x 10 | Books, The Forgotten Front of COVID Disinformation

France Press agency

Disinformation, conspiracy, and pseudoscience about COVID are also thriving in bookshops in France: many books, and some successes, pass on their share of information, giving these theories legitimacy and credibility.

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Internet users have recently been outraged by the placement of books with conspiratorial connotations at the head of a gondola in Fnac stores (French distributor of cultural products, editor’s note) or at the top of search results on online sales platforms.

1 x 23 | New Zealand sets record for new COVID-19 cases

Photo by AFP

New Zealand on Tuesday recorded a record number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, the type of delta that has forced the archipelago to abandon its “zero COVID” strategy.

Health authorities announced 94 new cases, a number exceeding the previous record of 89 infections recorded in April 2020, during the first wave of COVID-19.