More than half of Canada’s COVID-19 patients have fully recovered from the virus, according to Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer.
TORONTO -- More than half of Canada’s COVID-19 patients have fully recovered from the virus, according to Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, marking a new milestone in the first wave of the country’s outbreak.
The national recovery rate fits into a larger trend of provinces seeing fewer deaths and more recoveries.Quebec, the province worst hit by the pandemic, reported the fewest deaths since April 12. However, case numbers continue to rise, with officials recording a one-day increase of 707 cases on Monday.
“I recognize this ongoing vigilance has been challenging,” Tam said in a statement in lieu of a daily in-person update to the media. “I think we should also be looking at other metrics that paint a picture that Canada's doing okay -- not amazing, not perfect -- but pretty good. And that includes the number of new cases per day that we’re seeing,” Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases specialist, told CTVNews.ca by phone Monday.
“In some places, you used to have two negative swabs in the nose to say you were recovered. Some people say it’s 14 days from the onset of symptoms… some say it’s 10 days,” he explained.
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