Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Sunday
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/world-canada-covid-19-oct-11-1.5758912
The latest:
Canada's chief public health officer has sounded the alarm over a troubling new trend in COVID-19 infections as the country's case count rose by more than 2,000 on Saturday.
Statistics show that while the summer saw cases concentrated in people ages 20 to 39, infection rates are now accelerating in older populations, Dr. Theresa Tam said.
Reports of outbreaks in long-term care centres and retirement homes have been rising in recent weeks but seem to be more contained than the eruption of cases that overwhelmed some facilities in April and May, she said.
Nine of the 12 new cases of COVID-19 in the Moncton, N.B., area confirmed on Saturday are related to an outbreak at the Notre-Dame Manor special-care home. (Marc Grandmaison/The Canadian Press)
"We all have a shared responsibility to help protect those at highest risk," Tam said in a statement. "When spread of COVID-19 is kept to low levels in the community, this decreases the risk of exposure for older Canadians."
Health officials in New Brunswick reported 20 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest daily total yet in the province, which has 57 active cases.
Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province's chief medical officer, said nine of these new cases are related to the outbreak at Moncton's Manoir Notre-Dame care home for seniors.
Last week, the special-care home reported 13 residents and four staff members had tested positive for COVID-19.
Russell said 12 of the new cases are in the Moncton region and seven are in the Campbellton region. Both regions remain in the
"orange" level of restrictions under the province's COVID-19 plan.
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